YouTube channels' treatment of violent crimes in Egyptian society and their relationship to psychological security among the public: an applied study

This study sought to investigate how YouTube channels deal with crimes committed in Egyptian society, and measure their relationship to the level of psychological security among the public. The researcher used the electronic questionnaire tool and the content analysis tool. The researcher analyzed the content of 168 videos related to crimes that occurred in Egypt via YouTube channels, and applied the questionnaire to a simple random sample of 400 respondents. One of the most prominent results reached by the field study is the existence of an inverse relationship between the rate of interest of the respondents in crime via YouTube and their level of feeling of psychological security. The higher the follow-up rate, the less the feeling of security. The results also showed a direct relationship between the follow-up rate and the level of confidence of the sample in the credibility of the published information. The results also revealed that the more reasons that make the research sample interested in following violent crimes in Egyptian society via YouTube channels, according to the variables of gender (in favor of males), age (in favor of the age group 40-50 years), and educational level (in favor of those with an intermediate qualification). The analytical results of the study revealed that the respondents denounced the type of crimes occurring in Egyptian society, and this denunciation appeared in first place in terms of the nature of users’ comments on crime videos on YouTube channels.