Abstract:
The present paper aims to determine the relationship between ICT usage and generation gap in
Tehran urban family. This research is based on a survey in which a systematic random sampling of 384 familieshas been chosen to be questioned from different districts of Tehran. The results of the test showed a meaningful relationship between the usage of ICT and generation gap in urban households of Tehran. This means that the type and amount of Internet and satellites utility differ by parents and children and this difference has led to a gap between two generations. This gap gradually reduces the common points and the mutual understanding of current generation (children) and the previous generation (parents) and ultimately social interaction within such families is faced with major problems.
Machine summary:
"This article based on data obtained from a field research in Tehran city aims to address to information and communication technology in generating a generation gap in urban families of Iran.
<H2>Research Method</H2> This study is performed by survey method and with the aim of determining relation between information and communication technology and generation gap in family in Tehran city and in the form of a Ph. D.
He considers changes in a system level as economic and technology development, fulfilling natural requirements of a more extensive population, increase of education level, and different experiences of age groups such as lack of war and extension of mass communications, influence of mass media and increase of geographical movement (ibid, 50).
Ingelhart doesn’t consider a significant effect for life cycle and regards sustainable differences between age groups a reflection of generation transformation and relates value alteration theory implying movement of material priorities toward post-material priorities to economic development of communities in extent that doesn’t consider a significant weight for cultural institution in this transformation.
According this approach rapid technologic change in information and communication area and young generation’s extensive access to media such as satellite and internet has put them in a different position from previous generation.
If parallel to development of satellite programs using, process of informing society members is accelerated, people will use mass media under the created internal control (individual- family)."