استخدامات الكتاب الصحفيين لتويتر و تأثيرها على أدائهم المهني : دراسة ميدانية على عينة من كتاب الصحف السعودية

Abstract EN

This study targets the direct relationship between journalist writers and Twitter, and its importance is stemmed from the rarity of the local and Arab studies, especially those concerned with the dimensions of this relationship.

The study problem and general objective are summarized in recognizing the nature of the Saudi Journalist writers' uses of Twitter, and the most important reflections resulting on their professional performance in the writing of news articles.

The study aimed at measuring the opinion of sample of the writers of papers and electronic newspapers, about their motive to use Twitter and how they evaluate it as a source of information, and their opinion about the problems of using it in on hand, and its impact on their professional skills and the methods of their writings and the ways they communicate with their readers on the other hand.

217 male and female writers, of different group ages, and academic levels, participated in the field study, whereas they represent many scientific specializations, and belong to papers and electronic newspapers, and most of themregularly write in papers, and are classified as heavily using Twitter.

The study results were distributed among the following main aspects: •Special results for the motives of journalist writer's use of Twitter.

•Special results of the most important skills that journalist writers get from the use of Twitter.

•Special results of the journalist writers' evaluation of the use of Twitter as a source of information in writing articles.

•Special results of the output of the journalist writer's communication with readers through Twitter.

•Special results of the most important impacts of the journalist writer's use of Twitter on the writing processing method, and the way of presenting articles.

•Special results of the most important problems that face journalist writers when presenting their articles via Twitter.