Document Type : researcher

Authors

• Majid Shamse ¹
• Hadi Khaniki ²

¹ allameh Tabatabaei

² Professor / Faculty of Social Communication Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of social media on sexual literacy of Tehrani women. The use of social media for women in the field of sexual health is more than other media due to the anonymity of the user, potentially sensitive and labeling issues. This research was done by survey method and using questionnaire technique. The sample size was 400 women referring to the municipal health centers, who were selected using the random sampling method according to the sample size. The results of the research showed that today social media has become the most important source of information and knowledge for managing the sexual health of Tehrani women and there is a significant relationship between their digital literacy and sexual literacy. People who used social media to share and use health information had higher quality of sexual health than people who did not use health information on social media platforms. .

Keywords

• "Health Communication"
• "Sexual Health"
• "Social Media"

Main Subjects

• communication