The Virtual Social Networks and Couples’ Commitment

Abstract

Technologies and various media have affected social institutions such as family and cause<br />shape changes in relationships within the family. One of the means of communication that are easily<br />and widely used in the household is Internet. With the entrance of media, especially the Internet to<br />the family, changes in personal, social, public and private relationships are occurred. The use of<br />social networks gets more and more popular day by day and it can be said that information technology<br />has become an integral part of life. As social networks in diminish face-to-face relationship which<br />can be especially seen in the relations between spouses. This study aims to evaluate the impact of<br />social networks on the couple's commitment with descriptive and analytical method. Because the<br />sample in this study is in synchrony with the population, a sample of married couples working at the<br />Red Cross, Social Security Organization and medical universities are selected by convenient<br />sampling technique. Questionnaires are provided after their approval, the sample size is 300 persons.<br />Results show that there is no significant difference in using social networks between genders. There<br />is an indirect significant relationship between using social networks couples' trust. There is an<br />indirect significant relationship between using social networks couples' commitment. There is a direct<br />significant relationship between using social networks couples' dependence. Finally it can be said<br />that despite the positive results of using social networks, they also have negative consequences such<br />as a kind of alienation called living alienation which is emerging. In other words self-alienated and<br />alien self are occurring.