Document Type : Research Paper
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This research has been performed from the sociological point of view to inspect calling, naming and changing the names of some streets and pubic places, intending to clarify why some of the names which were selected after Islamic Revolution became so popular among the people and some others didn't. In Iran , in the most cities, the names were changed; but mostly after a few years they were forgotten. ls there any political motivation for the new names not being used (they were selected after Islamic Revolution), or there are other factors that caused the using of the previous names to become current. This research was done in 2001. After performing all feild studies and studying the map of the city, data were gathered through question sheets. The statistical society of the research (Universe) was Qom and also sample size were four hundred persons. According to the dissimilation culture in different areas of the city, the samples were chosen randomly. The result of the research indicates that after Islamic Rcvolation only the names of the places that their previous names were related to one of the relatives of Shah family have been changed; that is to say, they had negative
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