FACEBOOK CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL, PUTNAM EMPHASIZED THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, University of Tehran, Iran

2 Graduate Student, Political Science Department, University of Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Nowadays, social networks play a key role in the study of sociology, social
psychology and sociology. Social network Facebook has turned into a virtual
system covering more than 900 million people around the world. In Islamic
Revolution of Iran as a world revolution, universal definition, it can use as a
new possibility. This paper will identify the capabilities and challenges with
using Facebook. Putnam's social capital theory of the reflection of a global
network for Islamic Revolution in Iran to use Facebook is a social
investment. This paper describes an analytical method for identifying ways
to use Facebook, globalization providing Islamic Revolution.

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  • Receive Date: 07 April 2014
  • Revise Date: 04 August 2015
  • Accept Date: 10 January 2015

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