Document Type : Research
Authors
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PhD Candidate in Communication Sciences, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
National development is known as increasing in material and spiritual capacities of national systems and reaching new levels of complexity, order and creativity. Studies on communication and national development in Iran play an important role in explicating the role of media in development. The study aimed at exploring the role of modern communication technologies in developing social, economic, political and cultural dimensions of national development. For the purpose, community-oriented development approach of Majid Tehranian was used as theoretical framework. The population were all professors, graduates and students of communication sciences, social sciences, and political sciences in Iranian provinces of Khorasan Razavi, South Khorasan, and North Khorasan. The sample size was determined 380 participants according Morgan Table, chosen through random sampling. Researcher-made questionnaire was used for gathering data. Results showed that modern technologies of Internet, satellite and social media influence different dimensions of development. Amongst the technologies, satellite has influenced the dimensions the most and internet the least. Moreover, hypothesis testing showed that there is a positive correlation between using modern communication technologies and political and economic dimensions of national development, while there is not a significant relationship between using the technologies and social and cultural dimensions. The coefficient of determination was 26%, which means that the independent variables of the study explain 26% of the changes in the dependent variable. Therefore, modern communication technologies are confirmed to be means of expanding national development and their emergence in modern era has helped the expansion.
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