أثر البرامج السياسية في التلفزيون اللبناني على المعرفة السياسية لدى الشباب : دراسة ميدانية على عينة من طلاب الجامعات اللبنانية

Abstract EN

The study aimed to find out the effect of watching political programs on Lebanese television on the level of political knowledge of Lebanese university youth and the extent of their dependence on them, according to many variables.

The study also aimed to apply the test of hypotheses of the knowledge gap theory.

The researcher used the descriptive approach, to achieve the aim of the study, through the "questionnaire tool", which was implemented on an intentional non-probability sample of (400) single Lebanese university students in Beirut, which included a set of questions related to questions and hypotheses of the study.

And its goals and variables.

The researcher came out with many conclusions.

The important ones are: 1- In general, viewing the political programs in the Lebanese satellite channels was medium among the participants, the high level came in the second place while the law level got the third and last place.

2- The political knowledge among the participants was high; the participant with middle political knowledge was in the second place while the low political knowledge came in the third place.

3-There is a non- statistically significant correlation between the volume of exposure to television channels and the size of political knowledge of the respondents.

4- There is a statistically significant correlation between the size of the respondents' political knowledge and the degree of their interest in the political issue raised.

5- There are statistically significant differences between the respondents in the size of political knowledge, according to the variable of the economic and social level.