اتجاهات الأكاديميين في الجامعات الأردنية نحو صحافة المواطن بوصفها مصدرا للمعلومات : دراسة مسحية

Abstract EN

This study aims at discussing the attitudes of academic staff in Jordanian universities to citizen journalism and its role as a source of information.

The study uses the survey methodology.

Jordan University and Petra University were chosen as samples representing the universities.

A total number of 300 questionnaires were distributed, 209 questionnaires were filled constituting the actual sample involved in the study.

The study shows that about two thirds, 66.5% of the respondents, believe that the term journalism covers what is called citizen journalism.

The findings reveal that the highest percentage, 44.3% of the respondents, believe that the term journalism does not cover citizen journalism, which can be attributed to the reason that they do not adhere to specific professional standards, while 41.4% of the respondents think it is not professional journalism.

It is as low as 2.9% of the respondents believe that this type of journalism lacks credibility and is biased