مدى اعتماد الشباب السعودي على القنوات الفضائية الإخبارية في معالجة القضايا السياسية : دراسة مسحية على عينة من طلاب جامعة الملك سعود

الملخص EN

The current research aims to identify how Saudi youth depends on satellite news channels to address political issues.

The study population and sample consist of King (300) Saud University students.

The researcher applied the descriptive approach in its survey method and the questionnaire as the tool of data collection.

The research revealed many results, including that what mostly attracts young people to follow news channels is their aim of interacting with the political issues presented on the satellite television news channels through exchanging opinions with others.

The study also concluded that the high and great impact of satellite channels on developing political awareness and its dimension among college students.

The results also indicated an increase in the level of awareness among Saudi youth.

These television news satellite channels have also helped them to gain an idea of certain political issues by knowing all aspects of events and addressing them from many directions and listening to all opinions and related ideas, in addition to the fact that follow-up of young people to satellite television news channels leads them to sympathize with oppressed peoples through the painful events that are presented through those channels which arouse the emotions and feelings of youth and thus lead to their sympathy with oppressed peoples