استخدام مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي و علاقته بالسلوك المنحرف لبعض طلاب المدارس الثانوية الحكومية بمدينة الرياض، المملكة العريية السعودية

Abstract EN

The study aimed to reveal the relationship between the use of social media sites and the deviant behavior of some students of public high schools in Riyadh, which is a scientific contribution in the field of sociology deviation about the relationship of the increasing use of adolescent children to social networking sites and their deviation and their exposure to many risks of delinquency in Saudi society.

In this sense, the current study focused on two aspects: first, online child abuse while using social media sites such as sexual harassment, extortion and harassment, and second: children who engage in crimes while using social media sites such as involvement in cybercrime.

The study relied on the sample social survey curriculum, by drawing an unlikely sample from four public high schools in four districts of Riyadh, with a total sample size of 400 male high school students, ranging in age from 15 to 17.

The results of the study revealed that the use of social media sites in one way or another caused students to deviate from high school and their involvement in some deviations that came unintentionally, but rather by interaction through the digital space.

The study recommended working on the formulation of cultural and social programmers for children in secondary schools to raise awareness of the seriousness of interaction and communication through social media.