Paying Attention to the Socio-cultural Issues While Taking Advantage of Computer and Internet

摘要

Postmodernism has clearly affected life in all aspects. It is believed that it is a factor to change technology. A matter that has to be concerned is that such change is not happening similarly in all countries. There is a question which states what factors result in not using such technologies like computer and internet to provide necessary changes; yet there are enough infrastructures to use computer and other technologies of this kind. To answer this question, a study has been conducted in Iran. The results showed that the socio-cultural factors can either increase or hinder the use of technology even in education. In this qualitative study in which grounded theory has also been utilized, semi-depth structured interviews were used to collect the data. The interview questions were about different socio-cultural issues like: religious values and beliefs, sex, media, national economy, language and national identity, and the use of new technology in education. The results showed that the socio-cultural factors are more influential in many cases than the new technologies.