scholarly journals The role of social media in raising the awareness of youth about the popular movement A survey study of a sample of university students in Iraq

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
عبد الكريم الدبيسي ◽  
يسرى خالد إبراهيم
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Popular Movement ◽  
New Ideas

The digital environment has brought a lot of changes to the lives of societies and affected and changed their cultures, lifestyles, ways of thinking and interaction with the environment. The digital environment, with its rapid developments, has produced new ideas and behaviors on societies in general and Arab society was not far from these currents, after more than fifteen A year since the Internet entered Iraq, which is one of the most important manifestations of democracy, the latest radical changes in human relations. The information acquired by the human being today is one of the Internet and its culture dependent on it, and here began the study questionably head of that: What is the role of social networking sites in promoting young people's awareness of the importance of the popular movement? The research aims through adopting the survey method (Public Opinion Survey) to identify the most important political, economic and social dimensions of youth awareness that the Internet has brought to them by enhancing information and increasing confidence in the importance of change and persistence on the principle and the research sample is from university students and they are the motors of mobility in the Arab countries Study (Iraq )

scholarly journals University students' preference regarding social media content, internet usage and online friendship patterns

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-249
Author(s):  
Asma Butt
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Friendship ◽  
The University

PurposeThis study aimed to find out the web content accessed by university students and to compare the level of interaction with real-life friends and online friends.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, the quantitative research design used, and the researcher collected data through the survey method. The population comprises all undergraduate students at the University of the Punjab, Lahore. The sample of 320 students, age ranges from 18 to 22 years from eight selected departments, collected through a simple random sampling technique and after extraction 284 questionnaires evaluated by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).FindingsThe findings of the study showed that students preferred activities on the Internet is to access social networking sites. Additionally, the mobile phone is the most commonly used device among university students to access the Internet. Furthermore, students mostly used Facebook to keep in touch with their old friends and talk on different topics more easily with their online friends as compared to real-life friends. The study also shows that the results of both the hypothesis are significant; therefore, no difference exists regarding time spent on the Internet in real-life friendship patterns and online friendship patterns.Originality/valueThe research was used to find out the difference between the online friendship and real-life friendship patterns of the two groups who use the Internet for less time and who spend more time on the Internet among the university students.

«Arab Spring»: Transformation of Political Paradigm in Context of International Relations

2012 ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
L. Fituni
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
World Economic ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The Relationship

The author presents his own original conception of the 2011 Arab upheavals. First, he tries to find parallels between the Arab Spring and the 19th century European Spring of Peoples. Second, he dwells on the idea of three types of transition in the Arab World: economic, demographic, and ideological. Third, he reflects on the issues of democracy and autocracy in the Arab countries emphasizing the role of youth. Fourth, he puts forward some new ideas as regards the relationship between Europe and the Arab World, offering such terms as “democratic internationalism” and “young democratic safety belt” in the Mediterranean region.

Older and Younger Job Seekers' Impression Management on LinkedIn

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-74
Author(s):  
Franciska Krings ◽  
Irina Gioaba ◽  
Michèle Kaufmann ◽  
Sabine Sczesny ◽  
Leslie Zebrowitz
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Job Offers ◽  
Research Show

Abstract. The use of social networking sites such as LinkedIn in recruitment is ubiquitous. This practice may hold risks for older job seekers. Not having grown up using the internet and having learned how to use social media only in middle adulthood may render them less versed in online self-presentation than younger job seekers. Results of this research show some differences and many similarities between younger and older job seekers' impression management on their LinkedIn profiles. Nevertheless, independent of their impression management efforts, older job seekers received fewer job offers than younger job seekers. Only using a profile photo with a younger appearance reduced this bias. Implications for the role of job seeker age in online impression management and recruitment are discussed.

scholarly journals Relationship between Need for Belongingness and Facebook Addiction: Mediating Role of Number of Friends on Facebook

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Umme Kulsuma Rashid ◽  
Oli Ahmed ◽  
Muhammad Alamgir Hossain
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Mental Health Practitioners ◽  
College And University ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Facebook Addiction ◽  
The Relationship

As humans, we need to connect with one another, our friends and families, our culture and country. Present age is the era of information and technology and social media. College and University students spend significant amount of time on Social Networking Sites like Facebook etc. The present study was conducted to explore role of number of friends on Facebook on the relationship between individual’s need for belongingness and Facebook addiction. A sample of 180 university students was selected as sample through the non-probability sampling technique. Findings suggested that male Facebook users had significantly higher number of friends on Facebook than female Facebook users. Findings also explored significant positive correlation among need for belongingness, number friends on Facebook, and Facebook addiction. The relationship between need for belongingness and Facebook addiction was partially mediated by number of friends on Facebook. The study findings would be helpful to mental health practitioners to effectively deal with emerging problem of Facebook addiction.

scholarly journals The role of loneliness in university students’ pathological Internet use – a web survey study on the moderating effect of social web application use

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Reissmann ◽  
Klaus W. Lange
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Web Survey ◽  
Social Web ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Pathological Internet Use

AbstractThe present study investigated the role of social web application use in the association between loneliness and pathological Internet use. A sample of university students (n = 445) completed an online survey of their loneliness and Internet use, including an assessment of pathological Internet use level. Based on existing theory and empirical findings, loneliness was expected to be indirectly associated with pathological Internet use through social-compensatory Internet use motives. The strength of this indirect effect was hypothesized to be moderated by levels of social web application use. Results pointed to the specificity of social-compensatory use motives in mediating loneliness effects on pathological Internet use, while the size of these effects was moderated by quantity of social web application use. Findings suggest that lonely people with higher levels of social web activity show a stronger social-compensatory use orientation, which translates to higher levels of pathological Internet use. Implications and limitations of these findings are discussed and several suggestions for future studies are made.

Social Media A Tool for Social and Political Inclusion among Youth: A Study of Indian University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
Satish Kumar ◽  
Amit Sharma ◽  
Varinder Verma
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Survey Method

Social Media is an important tool for sharing information and communication among the people. Mobile Applications enable these social networking sites (SNS) to send and receive info-content to the target audience. Especially, University students in the country today use SNS extensively for information and entertainment needs. Social media is playing a crucial role in social and political awareness for inclusive development. The study focuses on how social networking apps help in fulfilling the social needs of youth? What are the effects of social media on studies of university students? How do political parties use SNS apps for youth? And how mobile apps are contributing to the Digital India movement? A survey method was used for quantitative research methodology with a stratified random sampling of 100 university students of two state university of Haryana. The study reveals that students consider mobile apps help in socially connected with well known, to whom they are meeting personally and they feel happy for sharing their thoughts. It also explains the use of social media can create a negative effect on studies. Political parties and political leaders are targeting youth for their propaganda and agenda-setting through mobile apps. In the Digital India movement mobile apps are empowering youth for inclusive development.

The Benefits of Social Networking Sites in Building Reputation for Enterprises

2019 ◽  
pp. 65-85
Author(s):  
María Victoria Carrillo-Durán ◽  
Juan Luis Tato-Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Short Term

This chapter aims to clarify the role of social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn in building the reputation of enterprises. SNSs have a vast potential in the digital environment to build reputation and thus a long-term competitive advantage for companies. The chapter opts for a literature review with which to discuss the difficulties and possibilities companies have in building reputation through SNSs. The SNSs used in companies are marketing-centered. Engagement is promoted only with customers, and is short-term and centered on results instead of being long-term and centered on competitive advantage and promoting engagement with different stakeholders. This issue is not dependent on the size of the company. Instead, it is dependent on understanding the concept of reputation from a strategic point of view, with companies adapting their management to their own particularities and to the different possibilities offered by SNSs.

Adoption of social networking sites for educational use

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Godfred Matthew Yaw Owusu ◽  
Rita Amoah Bekoe ◽  
Dorothea Sekyiwa Otoo ◽  
Akua Pokuaa Essah Koli
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
School Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Respondent Group

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the views of university students on social networking sites (SNSs) adoption for educational purposes and investigate the factors that motivate students to use SNSs for academic purposes.Design/methodology/approachA survey method of research was adopted and questionnaires were administered to the respondent group. A total of 522 valid responses from the University of Ghana Business School Students were used in the empirical analysis. Regression analysis was used to examine the relationship among the key constructs of the study.FindingsThe results of this study suggest that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, the existence of facilitating conditions and the purposes of SNSs are the key factors that motivate students to adopt SNSs for academic purposes. However, the influence of other people in society and the desire to be identified with social groups were found not to be important predictors of SNSs use by students for educational purposes.Research limitations/implicationsThe data examined in this study are based on sample responses from only one university, which may limit the extent of generalization of the findings.Originality/valueThis paper provides some useful insights into the key predictors of SNSs adoption for educational use by university students from the perspective of a developing country.

scholarly journals Comics in the Arab world. Birth and spread of a new literary genre

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
Emanuela De Blasio
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Literary Genre ◽  
The West ◽  
Arab Culture ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Shed Light

The research focuses on the birth and development of the comics, a new literary genre in the Arab world. The paper takes into account the dynamics of the advent of comics in the first Arab countries until to our days when comics began to appeal to an adult audience, sometimes taking inspiration from material from the West, sometimes referring to traditional elements of Arab culture. With the advent of the Arab revolutions, this genre has become more widespread and has also been used by artists to express dissent and criticism. Following the fall of dictatorial regimes in some Arab countries, the power of censorship has diminished; this has allowed the proliferation of different types of comics, also thanks to the fundamental role of social networks and the Internet. Through the examination of comics in the Arab world it is possible to shed light on a new literary genre and it is possible to trace the lines of the evolution of its themes and language.

scholarly journals Role of Study Habits in Academic Achievement: A Study of University Students in Punjab (Pakistan)

2018 ◽  
Vol III (IV) ◽  
pp. 441-455
Author(s):  
Tehsin Ehsan ◽  
Naveed Sultana ◽  
Muhammad Shah
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
University Students ◽  
Low Achievers ◽  
Study Habits ◽  
Reliability Coefficient ◽  
High Achievers ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
University Level

The current study was designed to predict the role of study habits in academic achievement and to identify the study patterns and environment for studying high, average and low achievers at University level. This was a survey study based on data from 1334 students from government universities of Punjab include the same departments. Students were chosen proportionately, according to the existed total number of the students in the department. Data was collected through a self-developed questionnaire. Semester GPAs were taken to divide students in. high, average, and low achievers. The reliability coefficient of the study habits questionnaire was .866. The findings revealed that all university students like to study silently but the percentage of high achievers is comparatively elevated in this pattern. Results showed that study habits play a positive role in the improvement of academic results in university scholars in Punjab.

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