How has Facebook helped promote “My Dream”? / Arash Chakari

Perhaps on February 4, 2004 AD – the day Facebook was born – few people thought this university project would one day cross all borders of the world. This project was created by Mark Zuckerberg and his friends (Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes) at Harvard University; a project that introduced a […]...

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The Struggle for Anonymity in Iran / Abdullah Bai Lashki

With the advancement of technology and increase in global communication, the sanctity of privacy and the shield of anonymity are facing unprecedented challenges. This struggle is nowhere more evident than in countries where government surveillance casts a shadow over everything. Iran, with the use of a powerful surveillance apparatus, appears as a focal point for […]...

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Censorship and Censor; A Journey Traveled / Seyed Mohammad Sahafi

1- In 43, I was six years old when they took me to Savak Qom to visit my father who was in temporary detention at the branch of this organization on Station Street in Qom. They had taken him there to punish and intimidate him because he had been selling and distributing the banned book […]...

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Is our culture real or is it just a cake? / Mehdi Anbari

In the context of sociological understanding, ethnicity is considered one of the fundamental components in comprehending the concept of nationality in contemporary society. Therefore, an ethnic group refers to a people who are socially distinguished as a result of their shared cultural heritage. Culture and cultural heritage can be considered as one of the most […]...

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Social networks are the main platform for opposing the modesty and hijab bill / the emotion of a scholar.

One year has passed since the death of Mahsa Amini over the issue of hijab; a year in which the public has been confronted with the issue of mandatory hijab and the government’s confrontation with the people on this issue has taken on a different dimension. Now is a turning point for the government. The […]...

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Qadghan; A Look at Efforts to Limit Freedom of Speech in Iran/ Farhad Fakhrabad

It is enough for a sound to go beyond a certain level, an excuse will be created to impose a new restriction. This is a policy that has been seriously considered in Iran in the past three decades to deal with “free flow of information and freedom of expression”. A policy that began with filtering, […]...

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“Economy without internet/ Mohammad Golshahi”

How much does Instagram filtering harm Iran’s economy? It can be said that among many representatives and officials of the country in recent years, there has been no more unpopular social network than Instagram, and without a doubt, if recent events had not happened in the country, this network would have been filtered and only […]...

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Taqi Azad Ermaki: Intentional violence among teenagers can turn into murder / Ali Kalai

“We will face mass killings in the not-so-distant future; where young people will gather and engage in killing each other.” This warning comes from Taqi Azad Armaki, a sociologist and professor at the University of Tehran’s Faculty of Social Sciences. It is a warning about the violence in the younger generation, which is the motivation […]...

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Iranian women have no body; A study on the reproduction of gender stereotypes in virtual space in conversation with Mansoureh Moosavi / Mehrnoush No’edoust.

For centuries, or perhaps thousands of years, Iranian women have faced oppression and limitations, which continue to this day. However, it seems that the younger generation is experiencing different conditions compared to women of past generations in Iran, thanks to the internet and virtual space. Patriarchy still exists and both the government and society are […]...

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Investigating the Impact of Virtual Space on Depression and Suicide in Adolescents / Samireh Hanaei

Is the digital generation depressed? “Two ten and thirteen-year-old children from Lorestan committed suicide on August 18, 2022 by hanging and shooting themselves. According to the news agency “Hrana”, from April to August 20, 2022, thirty-three cases of suicide among children and adolescents aged eleven to eighteen have been reported in the country, and only […]...

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A Look at the Use of Children and Adolescents as Tools in Social Media Networks/ Mahnaz Norouzian

Virtual space, the slaughterhouse of children’s rights When talking about child labor, the image that comes to mind for most people is of children working in a wide range of jobs, including selling fortunes and gum on street corners, working in workshops, factories, mines, bakeries, and similar places. These children are forced to work for […]...

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What impact does sexual and gender education have on the identity of children and adolescents? / Ava Dabagh

Tell me who I am. Gender is an inseparable part of many people’s lives. In addition to the fact that quality education in line with international standards is necessary for children and adolescents in this area, access to such education is also considered one of their rights. Children need to receive education about sexual orientations, […]...

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