The effects of instagram as a social network on social values: The case of Iraq- Wasit University- 2022

Values are the link between the culture of each nation and the next generation. Neglecting the importance of this issue may leave societies facing an identity crisis. Social media has found a high rate of influence and spread in the social life of Iraqi society, and its effects in the field of social values need to be investigated. Based on this, considering the influential role of virtual social media on all user members, especially in the Iraqi younger generation, the main purpose of this research is to explore and explain the role of Instagram as one of the existing comprehensive and widespread devices. The general universe of the research is Iraqi society. However, since it was not possible to investigate the entire Iraqi society in the study, the universe was limited to university students. In this study, interview (Interview) was used as the most frequently used technique in qualitative research to collect data.