اتجاهات الجمهور نحو وسائل الاتصال و أساليبه المستخدمة في انتفاضة الأقصى : دراسة ميدانية على عينة من محافظات غزة

Abstract EN

This paper aims to investigate public attitude towards means of communication used during Al-Aqsa uprising.

The researcher will explore public's attitude with reference to: information resources, its roles and effects; ways of handling; preferred resources; preferred topics; effectiveness; credibility and improvement suggestions.

The results of this study show: %76.3 of the public continuously use communication means in the following order- TV, radio, newspapers, friends, neighbors, loud-speakers, posters and preachers and Friday speeches; there is no set times for the public to be engaged in the various communication means; Palestinian resistance and Israeli military operations are the preferred topics; %78.3 of the public see that communication means are effective; and the public trusts public means more than other direct means.

The study concludes with a number of suggestions to improve the performance of public communication means: employment of qualified professionals to address the public, creating room for the different points of view and the best use of pictures to accompany topics of interest.