“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 […]...

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 […]...

Representation of violence in Iranian artworks and films, as well as religious rituals such as self-flagellation, can contribute to an increase in the inclination and action towards violence against oneself, which manifests in the form of self-harm. The phenomenon of self-harm is considered a social issue in the world, and is particularly prevalent among young […]...

You can buy a great house with four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, but one person spent this amount to buy a house in the three-dimensional virtual environment of Metaverse to be in the neighborhood of a famous rap singer named Snoop Dogg. Only in January 2022, Metaverse properties were sold for eighty-five million dollars. […]...

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 […]...

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 […]...

It is not possible to make a general statement about the positive or negative effects of computer games on children and adolescents. Experts in educational sciences, psychologists, and experts in related fields have provided their opinions on the types of games, classification of violence levels in them, and appropriate ages for each game, and have […]...

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, […]...

The twelfth day of August every year is the International Youth Day. The idea for this day was initiated in 1998 in Lisbon and was adopted on December 17, 1999 at the United Nations General Assembly. The year 2022 is the World Youth Day of “Inter-generational Solidarity, Creating a Global World for All Generations”. This […]...

The dreamy shell of a nightmare “Internet is like the Wild West; I mean, it doesn’t follow any laws.” This statement is made by American comedian and writer Steve Wright, as regulatory systems continue to advance in order to monitor the cyber space. However, the internet, especially social networks, are heavily influenced by information flows […]...

The emergence of the internet not only changed the way of life for humans, but also created gaps between different generations; a generation that encountered this phenomenon at an older age, a generation that became familiar with it in their youth, and a generation that was born into it. Each of these generations has its […]...