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36 PURE LIFE, Vol.11.No.4, December. 2017 (Rabīʿ Al-Thānī 1439. Azar 1396)
Studies show that divorce rate is rising, and marriage
age is increasing, reproduction delays for couples are
longer, number of children are more limited, and huge
number of women have academic education. These
changes are affecting the structure of family institution.
Like any other social phenomenon, divorce is affected
by many factors, influence of media in this regard can be
direct or indirect. In fact media play a key role in forming
pressure of Anomic Strain in people.
By depicting a desirable picture of luxury and
fashionable living and lighting the flame of jealousy and
keeping up with the latest fashion, media can worsen the
feeling of social deprivation, and may cause pressure in
the struggle to reach the top levels of the society. 1
Without considering divorces that happen as a result of
lack of familiarity and commonalities, or divorces that
happen only due to economic reasons, a general principle
is that couples fail to satisfy each other’s expectations.
Media are very effective in formation of these
expectations and demands. Expectations that are formed
in public by movies or TV series or any other form are
very attractive and people usually strive to achieve these
expectations.
Media can show a favorable picture of working women,
although working women can be evaluated as positive, but
this phenomenon can create a condition for formation of
family conflicts. Even showing divorce as an easy process
and reducing its bad quality can be effective in couples’
decisions to file for a divorce.

1. Siegel, 2003, p. 193.