تعرض المراهقين للمضامين العلمية بمواقع التواصل الاجتماعي و علاقته بثقافتهم العلمية

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Aims : the study aimed to identify the rate of adolescents' use of scientific content through social networking sites, revealing the motives for their exposure to scientific content through social networking sites, and monitoring the level of scientific culture among the study sample because of their exposure to scientific contents.

methodology : the study belongs to the descriptive studies, and relied on the survey method.

tools : the study used a questionnaire tool by application on a sample of adolescents exposed to scientific content on social networking sites, consisting of 400 individuals, from (15 : 18) years old.

results : the study reached a set of results, the most important of which are : the percentage of those who are exposed to scientific content on social networking sites reached 46.5% on a permanent basis and 42% of those who are exposed to it sometimes.

the most prominent motives of adolescents for exposure to scientific content on social networking sites were “to increase my information about various scientific topics”, in the first place with a rate of 77.8%, and in the second place came “to learn about the various fields of scientific culture” with a percentage of 54%.

the most prominent gratifications of the adolescents in the study sample as a result of exposure to scientific contents were “I corrected some information and concepts on topics and personalities” with an average of 2.71, then I like the combination of the presenter’s speech and the use of pictures and sound and visual effects” with an average of 2.69.

with regard to the scientific culture test for adolescents, their scientific level was (medium) by 60%, then (high) by 28.2%.

the study also showed a positive, statistically significant correlation between the high level of adolescents' scientific culture and the intensity of their exposure to scientific pages on social networking sites.