The government has broken with the new generation – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news

Mehr News Agency – Culture and Thought – Ali Pajuhesh: 423 Specialized meeting of the Islamic Revolution Front in cyberspace and the cyberspace think tank of the Center for Strategic Studies with the participation of Mehr News Agency “Sadegh Panahi Nasab” with subject “The Impact of Social Networks on the Intergenerational Gap” At the beginning of the meeting, he said: If we want to provide a comprehensive and complete definition of the intergenerational gap, we must take into account the difference between parents and children. Usually, parents do one of the three methods to raise their children. The first way to raise children is “negligence”, which means that parents have no control over their child’s behavior. The second method is that parents treat their child authoritarianly, meaning that they do not allow their child to take any action, and that children must act entirely in accordance with the parents’ wishes. Most of these children are withdrawn, so they subconsciously lose their self-confidence over time and are unable to express themselves socially, and the last group of parents treat their child in an authoritarian manner, meaning that sometimes the child is allowed to express himself or herself. They give, but if they oppose his behavior, they face him with authority.

The family should be the main institution influencing the upbringing of children

Panahi Nasab added: “None of these three methods fully meet the requirements of child rearing. The right way to adopt a combined approach is strictness and freedom of action in social activism for children.” The Islamic family does not resist all his behaviors in the method of raising his children in order not to hinder his growth and development, on the other hand, it does not completely leave him to be harmed; Because excessive freedom in education will cause the adolescent to move to the abyss and face serious harm in society. Now, given the conditions of society, we must answer the question of whether there is an intergenerational gap in today’s society? Some sociologists believe that different institutions are effective in socializing the individual, the first is the effective institution of the family, then the process of socialization of the individual in education, peer group and finally the media institution continues. If a person is socialized, he / she will be responsible for a greater part of the control of the individual in the society, so if the individual is socialized in the family, this institution will have more power in his social control.

This generation gap is not limited to the relationship between children and parents, and the government has somehow broken with the new generation, which means that today the officials of the first generation of the Islamic Revolution still do not want to leave their responsibilities, while they have to accept the taste of the young generation. They do not know

Parents should not neglect the role of cyberspace in raising their children in today’s world

“We have to accept the gap in Iranian society in the sense that parents do not understand the change in their children’s attitudes, thoughts, ideas and beliefs that teenagers and young people do not understand the common expression” my mother and father do not understand me. ” “They react to it. Parents should be aware that the style of education is very different in different decades, for example in the past decades, most people in society were in direct and face-to-face communication, but today there is another area called cyberspace in human life. They are effective and are next to each other, so parents should not neglect the role of cyberspace.

The first generation of officials, by accepting a consultative chair, will provide the arena for the management of the revolutionary youth

He added: “Of course, this generation gap is not limited to the relationship between children and parents, and the government has somehow broken with the new generation, which means that today the officials of the first generation of the Islamic Revolution still do not want to leave their responsibilities, while They have to admit that they do not know the taste of the young generation, so they should be in the guise of counseling and leave the opportunity to serve the fourth generation of the Islamic Revolution. Unfortunately, some of them are not even willing to update their management method to the situation and taste of today’s youth The way they are managed does not change, and the young people who know the needs of the society and the tastes of their generation do not play a role in the management of the country, and the gap between the ruling generation and the youth is strengthened.

Abandonment in cyberspace puts young people in an identity crisis

The cultural expert stated: “Unfortunately, in recent years, the wrong parenting style and social ills of the country have caused young people to be involved in issues such as depression and aggression. The wrong generation will train the next generation in a similar way. Identity Crisis It fosters intergenerational divisions. Prominent examples also support this view. For example, research I did years ago in Shiraz clearly showed the fact that there is an intergenerational divide in society, children in the southern parts of the city played games in the 60s or 70s, but young people This study showed us that Shirazi children live in a geographical area but are far apart in terms of education, type of attitude and lifestyle, so it must be acknowledged that people Different cultures live in different worlds. Even if people are in the same family because cultures are different, they have different worldviews and attitudes to issues and problems. In any case, parents should accept the changes in today’s world and instead try to eliminate it. Learn its management strategies.

Social networks today play the same role as television in the age of industrialization of culture

Panahi Nasab further pointed out: The control and guidance of human beings is done through an institution that has managed the process of human socialization. Now that much of socializing takes place on social media, families are guided in the same way. The best solution to prevent these problems was to distract the workers from the problem. Therefore, the idea of ​​making television pervasive was implemented, and as a result, the factories that produced the products advertised their products on television, a strategy that It has caused workers to work longer hours to satisfy these false needs and a consumer society has been born. Social networks in the present age play the role of television in that period to create a false sense of need in people and to distract them mentally, a phenomenon that “Cultural humiliation” It is called in the sense that when people in the community buy a product but still do not know the culture of using it, for example, the misuse of cyberspace and restricting all real-world communication to this space to the point that if at some point a person’s page If it is blocked, the person will be disconnected from the real world, and only a handful of people will seek knowledge of the person in the real world.

Time is a key element of cyberspace to communicate

He further stated: the existence of social networks and their improper use cause damage to the customs of the society; Because people in society become Westernized. In the past, Iranians had traits such as self-sacrifice, self-sacrifice and chivalry, but now the extreme use of social networks has caused some Iranians not to have these traits, a problem that can be considered as one of the most obvious negative consequences of extremist social networks. That is why thinkers claim that all the people of the world are moving towards a global village. The main element in cyberspace is time and place does not matter much, which means that it does not matter where people are, it is only important to be in a certain time frame, for example, to connect to the Internet at a certain time to attend a college class. , Regardless of where it is located.

Human control and guidance is exercised through an institution that has managed the process of human socialization. Now that a large part of the socialization of individuals takes place on social networks, the guidance of families is done in the same way.

Each person seeks content based on their own system of thought

The expert went on to say: “Everyone in the community pursues content appropriate to their mental structure, leaving posts and comments.” Our country is facing a kind of media and cognitive war that is based on mental contexts and ideological structures, so those who have a large audience can help the country to reduce these generation gaps with its correct actions, rational activities that convince the audience, rationality And there is an argument behind it, and it can strike a balance between people with different opinions.

If the institutions of socialization function properly, the generation gap will disappear

In conclusion, Panahi Nasab said: “In my opinion, social media, regardless of the goals and intentions that were born to achieve it, if properly managed, despite the existing inequality, can be effective in this media environment.” Anyone who intends to use a mobile phone must first learn the culture of using it, so the best thing that can help in the proper use of mobile phones and cyberspace is proper education through educational institutions in which families play the most effective role. After that, the media should follow the process of educating the individual. If the right process is implemented in educating the generations, this intergenerational gap will be reduced and the threats of cyberspace will become an opportunity for communication between people.