شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي و أثرها على القيم لدى طلاب الجامعة "تويتر نموذجا" : دراسة تطبيقية على طلاب جامعة الملك سعود

الملخص EN

This study aimed to identify the effect of social networks on values of university students.

Through identifying the following sub-goals : Identifying the negative impacts due to university students’ use of social networks.

Identifying the positive impacts due to university students’ use of social networks.

Identifying the impact of social networks on changing the social values of university students.

The researcher used the analytical descriptive approach and the sample consisted of students of King Saud University at Riyadh with different scientific specifications and they have been selected randomly and the final sample reached (2274) students.

The study reached some important results such as : the most important negative impacts of communication networks represented in : illegal relationships with females and neglect of religious rites.

The most important positive impacts represented in reviewing the country’s news, learning new things through social networks, expressing own view freely, and passing the barrier of shyness.

The most important features of changing values as a result of using social networks represented in : improving student’s use for social networks, and ability to talk to the opposite sex boldly.

The most important recommendations were the following : Increasing the amount of scientific seminars and learning programs which indicated the negative impact of social networks on social values, interesting continuously in studying the impact of social networks on individuals especially youth as a result of its effects on youth’s behaviors and values, concepts, culture, and national identification, and also the religious identification and its values, traditions, and attitudes.