ملخص ظاهرة المدونات في الشبكة العنكبوتية : دراسة للمضمون و القائم بالاتصال

Abstract EN

The study aims to monitor the blogging phenomenon, analyze its different dimensions, identify the nature of the subjects addressed, the attributes and characteristics of bloggers, satisfactions achieved through blogging, and the most important problems facing them.

The study is a descriptive research in nature , so it monitors the blogging phenomenon , analyzes its different dimensions, and identifies bloggers’ characteristics.

The study relies on the two dimensions of survey methodology, that is the analysis and field levels.

This is done through a sample of 100 Arab blogs, and a sample of 80 male and female bloggers from some Arab countries, using content analysis tool, and the questionnaire.

The study comes up with a set of results.

First, the study reveals that social issues received the highest level of bloggers’ attention, and it comes in the first place as the most important issue in blogosphere by 31.7 %, followed by the bloggers’ attention to political issues by 17.8 %.

The study proved that 80 % of the study sample are young people with university degrees, and that the majority of them are male accounting for 65 % of bloggers.

Moreover, Egyptian and Saudi bloggers occupied the first rank in the field of blogging .

The reasons behind bloggers’ resort to blogging is to express their ideas and exercise their freedom.

The study pointed out that the most important issues of bloggers’ concern are social issues in their countries, thoughts and reflections, and political matters.