دور شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي في إمداد الشباب العربي بالمعلومات و الأخبار حول ظاهرة الإرهاب : دراسة مقارنة بين الشباب في أربع دول عربية

Abstract EN

The aim of this Study is to identify information seeking from social networking sites by Arab youth, and their dependence effects on these sites as a source of information about the phenomenon of terrorism.

The theoretical framework of the study is based on information seeking theory and dependency theory.

The study was conducted on young people in the four Arab countries (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, and Jordan), and the snowball sampling was used to reach young people, Data was collected by an electronic questionnaire that was sent to study sample through Facebook and Whatsapp.

The study concluded many of the results, including : -Arab youth ,in the first place, seek information about incidents and terrorist operations that happen in their own countries, followed by information about terrorist incidents that happen in other countries, then general information about terrorism.

-The gratification of basic needs as the need for knowledge is the crucial factor that makes youth seeking information about terrorism from social networks followed by diversification factor, then the recruitment information to achieve specific goals.

-The Cognitive effects came in the top of the effects of youth's dependence on social networks as a source of information about the phenomenon of terrorism, followed by emotional effects, then behavioral effects.

-The majority of youth believe that social networking helped terrorist groups to communicate with a broad base of fans easily and conveniently, also facilitated attract new recruits to terrorist groups, and reinforced the size and strength of terrorist groups.

-There was a positive correlation between the degree of the dependence on the social networks sites as a source for information and Factors affecting information seeking about the phenomenon of terrorism.

-There were significant differences in the effects of youth's dependence on social networks to get information about the phenomenon of terrorism, belonging to the difference in the nationality of the youth .