مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي و دورها في زيادة المعرفة بالقضايا السياسية لدى طلبة الجامعات الأردنية

Abstract EN

The study objective is to identify the nature and motives of the use of social media by university youth in Jordan, and the political motivations for using social media.

The study applied the descriptive research through using questionnaire distributed stratified sample from Yarmouk University and the Middle East students in the BA level (n = 400).

The main results of the study are; the most preferable internet site for students was Facebook (100%), there are presence of cognitive, emotional and medium behavioral effects that is achieved by Jordanian university students as a result of their reliance on social media on the follow-up political issues.

Also the results showed the existence of reasons for the adoption of Jordanian university students on social media to follow-up political issues and current events and moderately.

So the study called on the authorities who are dealing with young people to hold workshops for them to define the best ways to ensure the sincerity and professions of the websites which they are exposed.