Investigating the Role of Press, In Training of Professional Citizens

The aim of this study is investigating the role of press, in training of Professional citizens. 232 citizens in Iranian, who actively participate in society and the press are regularly reader, were selected by stratified sampling method. To assess the effect of the media in educating citizens in four parts of citizenship , citizenship beliefs, intellectual skills of citizenship and skills citizen participation used the survey and a researcher- made questionnaire technique. The results show that there is a significant relationship between the press and the professional education of the citizens. Correlation coefficient indicates that there is significant correlation coefficient between the press and the professional training of citizens is 0.18 and between the study press and citizenship knowledge is 0.16 and between the study press and religious training citizenship is 0.17 and between the study press and civic participation skill training is 0.15 in 95 percent confidence levels and these hypothesis are confirmed.

کلیدواژه ها:

Citizenship ، Education And Citizenship Education ، Communication ، Media Effects ، Press.