The role of social media in achieving environmental awareness : an ethnographic study on a sample of face book users

Abstract EN

The ethnographic study of a sample of Facebook users to monitor the behaviors and cultures of the Algerian user in his attempt to preserve the environment and to raise awareness of the dangers of environmental phenomena, which tries to direct his concerns to the circulation in the expression of his views freely, and what is helped by the advantage of the new media from the ease of deployment and speed of deployment And participation among members of the community with whom they share environmental concerns.

Thus, social media that bring together members of one community in a virtual space play an important role in spreading environmental awareness through publications and interactions among users after their transition to real reality and their evolution in the form of changing or correcting actions and behaviors that ultimately contribute to the creation of environmental education