اعتماد الجمهور الأردني على منصات التواصل الاجتماعي مصدرا للمعلومات حول وباء فيروس كورونا المستجد (كوفيد-19)‎

Abstract EN

The aim of this study was to explore the degree of dependence of the Jordanian public on social media platforms as a source of information about the emerging Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic, and to study the cognitive, emotional and behavioral effects of this dependence.

Methodology: The media audience survey method was used by applying it to an equal quota sample of (N= 450) individuals distributed evenly over the three regions of Jordan.

The survey included two parts; the first part comprised the demographic data of the respondents, while the second part covered the following measures: The respondents’ use of social media platforms to follow the developments of the emerging coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the degree of their dependence on them, the reasons for this dependence, and the implications of their reliance on them as a source of information about the epidemic.

The data was analyzed by using SPSS 25 (IBM), and the study relied on descriptive statistics, (T) test, One-Way ANOVA, LSD, and Spearman’s correlation coefficient.

Results: The study found that most of the respondents rely on social media platforms as a source of information about the emerging corona pandemic (COVID-19); The cognitive, emotional and behavioral effects resulting from this dependence have increased, and that there is a positive relationship between cognitive and emotional influences, and between the cognitive and behavioral effects of the respondents’ reliance on these platforms as a source of information about the pandemic.