واقع استخدام مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي لدى طلبة مساق المسؤولية المجتمعية في ضوء بعض المتغيرات

Abstract EN

This study aimed at investigating the reality of using social networking sites among university students who were registered in the course of social responsibility at the Jordan University Science and technology.

The researchers developed a questionnaire and confirmed its validity and reliability before initiating data collection process.

A purposive sampling method was used to recruit 400 students of the course were chosen purposely at the beginning of the first semester 2018-2019.

The results of the study showed that YouTube was the most preferred site used by the study sample and they primarily used the social networking sites for communicating with their relatives and colleagues.

Students commonly reported cultural topics.

The results did not show statistically significant differences based on gender, educational level, and specialty variables.

In light of the findings of the study, the researchers recommended conducting similar studies for students from all specialties of the university faculties.