استخدام طلبة الصحافة في جامعة النجاح الوطنية لشبكة الإنترنت و الإشباعات المتحققة منها في تعزيز قدراتهم الصحفية

الملخص EN

The way students of journalism benefit from the Internet is regarded unique because of the special nature of this modern and effective medium in the field of communication and media.

Accordingly, this paper aimed at exploring the extent students of journalism benefit from the Internet improving their journalistic abilities, the areas they used, and the obstacles hindering this benefit.

The study sought to form an ideal use of the Internet sustaining the students’ process of learning journalism, and ensuring that such use serves the aims of teaching journalism.

The population constitute all first term 2009/2010 students (158), Department of Journalism, NAU.

A questionnaire prepared and administered to the study population.

The number of returned question was (133).

The questionnaire included, in addition to personal questions, questions on the area of using the Internet by journalism students, particularly, those relevant to their field of study.

The researcher, thus, ensured the validity of the questionnaire.

The study concluded that students used the Internet more than other mass media, and benefited from this use in their journalistic studies.

Furthermore, students believed that it was possible to benefit from the Internet in developing their journalistic abilities, either by viewing and reading various internet sites, or by obtaining training opportunities.

They also thought that the Department of Journalism could contribute towards achieving these benefits.

The recommendations include that the Department of Journalism needs to offer use of the Internet in teaching journalism, and direct students to use it effectively to develop their journalistic abilities.

The Journalism teacher competence exploring potentials of the Internet should be enhanced, and that their competence should be directed to encourage students to be more initiative and creative in using the Internet