Mostafa Salehi; Hamid Abdollahyan; Alireza Eshaghpoor
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This paper offers an interdisciplinary study on mechanisms of homophily in virtual social network at Graduate University of Zanjan. Despite the significance of homophily, not many studies have been done on it. It is for this reason this paper sets its objective to study homophily in Iran and considers ...
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This paper offers an interdisciplinary study on mechanisms of homophily in virtual social network at Graduate University of Zanjan. Despite the significance of homophily, not many studies have been done on it. It is for this reason this paper sets its objective to study homophily in Iran and considers its unit of analysis to be Graduate University of Zanjan. Theoretically the paper uses a theoretical synthesis based on what homophily means in the discipline of Network Science and Technology and combines it with the concept of homophily in Communication and Sociology. Methodologically, the paper collects its data from among students at Graduate University of Zanjan during a period of 2009 and 2014. We used some interviews and set up some face-to face interviews with questionnaires in addition to observations in order to complete the data gathering. Then we calculated the number of connections with similar characteristics of individuals and subtracted them from total connections expected in a random situation so to measure homophily. Here the paper has measured characteristics or variables such as gender, graduate degree level, discipline, city of residence, marital status, and year of entering university. Some of the results indicate that students, who use social network of Graduate University of Zanjan, select their friends based on the following characteristics and in the following order: similarity in gender, marital status, degree level, discipline, year of entering university, and city of residence. Our observations indicate that religious norms play a special role in communicating with opposite sex.
aliasghar kiya; Elmira Fontoohi Kondalaji
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E-learning in modern societies becomes particularly significant, when one takes into account such factors as the extensiveness of communities, the swift development and the need for constant education of citizens, time limitations for modern citizens as well as traffic issues, a lack of physical space ...
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E-learning in modern societies becomes particularly significant, when one takes into account such factors as the extensiveness of communities, the swift development and the need for constant education of citizens, time limitations for modern citizens as well as traffic issues, a lack of physical space and the high construction costs. The enhancement of the effectiveness and efficiency of this method in education and training are other advantages compared to the traditional one. A country’s health system can develop the internet use in the field of healthcare by laying down foundations for improvement. The study was conducted using a survey in 2013 with the aim of examining the role of e-learning in raising health awareness of young internet users. The statistical population of the study was a group of 200 female students at Allameh Tabataba’i University. Based on Cochran formula, 130 students were selected as the sample size and for the sample selection random sampling was used. Inferential findings of the study show that the main hypothesis of the researcher was proven. The findings of the research show that according to Uses and Gratification Theory, health messages and information of medical and health websites play a key role in changing the attitudes and health behavior of users; and compared to other media, a large number of their health information needs is met through them. In addition, based on the Elaboration Likelihood Model, respondents consider these messages and information as important factors for strengthening and maintaining their own optimal health, using them for managing their own health.
