قياس الذات الرقمية لدى طلبة الجامعة

Abstract EN

The current research aims to identify: 1- The digital self among university students.

2- The statistically significant differences in the digital self-according to the gender variable (male - female) and specialization variable (scientific -human).

The researcher used the descriptive approach to reveal the level of the digital self and the among university students.

The search tool was: - Digital Self Scale: By looking at previous studies that dealt with the digital selfvariable, as the researcher adopted this concept based on the theory (Cooley 1992), so the researcher did not find, through the research tools available to them, any Arab or local study regarding the digital self.

Except for the study of Muhammad (2019), but only foreign literature and studies, so the researcher set out to build a digital self-scale based on the basic steps in building scales.

Research sample: The research sample consisted of (500) male and female students from Karbala University for the scientific and humanitarian specialization.

Research results: After data collection and statistical processing, the research reached the following Results: 1- The segment of university students is digital.

2- There are statistically significant differences in the digital self-according to the gender variable (males - females), in favor of males.

3- There are no statistically significant differences in the digital self-according to the specialization variable (scientific - human).

Recommendations: Based on the findings of the current research, the researcher recommend the establishment of educational and extension programs that raise the awareness of university students in dealing with the digital self.

Suggestions: The researcher suggested conducting a similar study for other segments, such as school students.