Youth use of media content through social networks and its relationship to supporting their values of citizenship and belonging

Document Type : Original Article

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Registered with a doctorate degree, Department of Radio and Television, Faculty of Information, Cairo University

Abstract

The main objective of this study stems from identifying the motives of Emirati university youth using social networks and the role that social networks play in instilling the values of belonging and citizenship. study to:

There is a statistically significant correlation between the rates of Emirati youth (the study sample) using social networks, and their attitudes towards inculcating the values of belonging and citizenship.
There is a statistically significant correlation between the rates of use of Emirati youth (the study sample) for social networks in following up on social and political issues, and the effects resulting from this use towards instilling the values of belonging and citizenship.
The results confirmed that social networks work to support the value of "loyalty to the homeland" at the forefront of the values supported by social networks with a relative weight of 81, followed by the phrase "developing in the love of the homeland and preserving it" with a relative weight of 80, then the phrase "inculcate in me the value of belonging to the homeland" With a relative weight of 79, followed by the phrase “enhances the value of pride in belonging to the homeland” with a relative weight of 78.3, then “develops the value of pride in Arab origins” with a relative weight of 75, and finally “supports the value of national coexistence” with a relative weight of 74.7.

 
 
 

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