اعتماد الشباب الجامعي على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي (الفيسبوك)‎ في تشكيل الوعي السياسي لديهم : دراسة ميدانية على عينة من طلبة الجامعات الأردنية

Abstract EN

This study aimed to examine the dependence of universities students on Facebook to form their political awareness.

As well as, this study has been saught to know the patterns of use of Jordanian university students for Facebook; in order to understand the most critical issues and news that universities students are looking for.

Moreover, knowing the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional implications that may ultimately be the result of university youth relying on Facebook to raise their political awareness.

The population for the current study includes students of Jordanian universities namely: Yarmouk University, Science and Technology, Jedarah University and Irbid National University.

It has been selected for a sample of (N = 200) respondents.

The quantitative survey method has been utilized along with its data-collection techniques to get better results.

The results have found that there is an average degree of dependence on Facebook informing political awareness.

Besides, there is a high degree for reasons of reliance on Facebook.

Moreover, there is an average degree for the most critical issues and news that universities students rely on through Facebook.

The results have shown an average degree of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects and the majority of the respondents spend an hour to four hours, at a rate of (54.

5%).

As well as, most of them using Facebook at home at a rate of (60.

0%).

Moreover, the results also showed that the majority of the study sample does not have a specific time to browse Facebook at a rate of (57.

0%) finally; the degree of confidence in Facebook's credibility came with an average degree.