دور مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي في نشر الثقافة الأدبية بين الشباب السعودي و علاقته بالإبداع الأدبي لديهم : دراسة ميدانية

Abstract EN

The Role of Social Media in Spreading Literary Culture among Saudi Youth, and its Relevance to their Literary Creativity: a Field Study
 
Fouda Muhammad Ali Aisha
Associate Professor of Communication
Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
Associate Professor, Department of Media,
Faculty of Arts - King Faisal University
E-mail: fmma_99@yahoo.

com

The problem of the study addresses the question of how social media affects thought, culture, and literature of Saudi youth.

There are other subsidiary questions considering rates of using social media, sources of information, important literary topics, and the probable consequences, related to the content of social media.

This study is rather descriptive.

Even data have been collected by utilizing surveying approach.

Therefore, questionnaire have been designed and distributed to a sample size of 288 individuals.

A considerable percentage of answers analyzed, attributed the cause of using social media to the duality of enjoyment and entertainment.

Likewise, communication with friends, and getting information, are relatively regarded.

The major finding of the study lies in the fact that, social media is the main source to gain literary culture.

Meanwhile, it deserves to be a key source of knowledge for Saudi youth, as well as a platform devoted for literature publishing.

The study highlighted numerous recommendations, like reasonability of social media usage for individuals and families as well.

Besides underscoring the necessity of broadening the scope of awareness among youth, immune them against inappropriate cultural values, and encouraging them involved in fruitful use of social media in lines of reflecting and publicizing genuine creativity