Socio-Cultural Strategy

Socio-Cultural Strategy

Investigating cultural contexts affecting social discipline among young people in Tehran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Nader Savari 1
Jafar Hoseynpoor Saadatabadi 2
Mohsen Ameri shahrabi 3
1 Ph.D student, Department of Cultural Management and Planning, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences, Soureh International University, Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/scs.2026.568379.1783
Abstract
In the study of social issues, the issue of cultural pattern has always been a prominent category, and its scientific recognition and study are among the concerns of experts. In this regard, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating cultural contexts affecting social discipline among young people in Tehran. This study was applied, descriptive-exploratory, and qualitative in nature, with a grounded theory approach based on Strauss and Corbin. The participants included 17 cultural and social experts and scholars who were selected purposefully and until theoretical saturation was reached. The data collection tool was semi-structured interviews, and data analysis was carried out using three-stage open, axial, and selective coding. The results showed that the desired model of the cultural situation in the field of social discipline among the youth includes five dimensions: causal conditions (cultural education and social upbringing, cultural reference models, cultural alienation and youth identity crisis, and inconsistency of policies with social realities); contextual conditions (social belonging and collective participation, disciplined urban design, cultural alienation of youth, media criticism of social disorder, and the educational function of cyberspace); intervening conditions (including group norms and peer influence, disciplined interactive spaces); strategies (mass media and public discourse, youth-centered cultural policymaking, civil institutions and strengthening cultural participation, and the role of art in institutionalizing social order); and consequences (moral conscience and self-control, youth participation in cultural affairs, culture of dialogue and conflict resolution, and social trust and constructive interaction). Therefore, social discipline is not a purely individual phenomenon but rather a product of cultural structures and the social environment in which young people live, and there is not just one solution to manage it; a combination of cultural, social, physical, and technological solutions must be used.
Keywords
Social discipline
culture
policymaking
youth
Subjects
 
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  • Receive Date 31 December 2025
  • Revise Date 20 July 2026
  • Accept Date 20 July 2026