Military Science and Tactics

Military Science and Tactics

Investigating of using virtual social networks on non-agent defense considering the mediating effect of information literacy

Document Type : Research/Original/Regular Article

Authors
sajjad farhang 1
mahdi samimi 2
1 Lecturer in the Department of social Sciences, Faculty of Command and Management, Imam Ali University (AS), Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Command and Management, Imam Ali (AS) Officers' University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/qjmst.2024.2022466.2016
Abstract
Objective: This study aims to introduce information literacy and its impact on guiding training soldiers toward more effective and deeper implementation of civil defense strategies.
Method: The statistical population of this study consists of 250 individuals in Camp 04 Imam Reza (AS), using a census sampling method. This study explores the level of familiarity and awareness regarding online social networks and their results, which are employed in this report to reveal the effect of familiarity with social networks and information literacy on civil defense.
Findings: The results indicate that the importance and role of civil defense in enhancing national deterrence capacity, alongside the positive impact of virtual social networks on it, necessitate a special focus on social media networks and media literacy to improve and enhance civil defense capabilities.
Conclusion: The results of the study, using structural equation modeling (LISREL), show a positive and significant effect of virtual social networks on civil defense, with media literacy acting as a mediating factor. 
Keywords
Non-agent defense
media literacy
virtual social network
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Military Science and Tactics
Volume 20, Issue 69
Autumn 2024
Pages 153-181