Probing Urban Graphics with Social and Economic Disputes and its Effect on Citizens' Political Indifference

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Candidate in Sociology, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran.

2 PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran.

3 PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Mobarakeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mobarakeh, Iran.

10.22034/ias.2020.251689.1375

Abstract

Urban graphics is one of the important categories in shaping the social and political environment. Governments and societies attempt to acquire maximum political participation of their citizens. Contrariwise, it is political indifference that can lead to weakening or even discontinuing the process of national development. The aim of the current research is to investigate the factors affecting the political indifference of the citizens of Ahvaz city in 2018. The research method of the current study is descriptive-correlation, and considering the purpose, it also follows an applied research basis. The statistical population of Ahvaz city includes 800 (thousand) citizens aged 18 and over. The sample size was determined based on Cochran's formula and 385 people were selected by random sampling. The research tool included a research questionnaire whose validity was checked by experts (face validity) and its reliability was also obtained with Cronbach's alpha test (0.84). Correlation and multiple regression statistical tests were used in SPSS 24 software to analyze the data. The findings indicated gender, religiosity (belief, consequential, ritual, emotional, experiential), striving for national identity, social trust, sense of social justice and satisfaction with the quality of life with have a significant relationship with political indifferences and merely the variable of age had no significant relationship. The regression results also showed that the set of investigated variables could explain the variance of the political inequality variable to the extent of R 2 = /38.

Research aims:
1. Understanding the impact of urban graphics on social and economic conditions.
2. Investigation of political indifference and religiosity among citizens.

Research questions:
1. What is the position of urban graphics in creating the social, economic and political environment of society?
2. What factors influence citizens' political indifference?

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Islamic Art Studies
Volume 19, Issue 45 - Serial Number 45
February 2021
Pages 239-259

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