Youth exposure to social media sites and its relationship to the identity of the digital generation and the generational gap

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Associate Professor - Faculty of Mass communication – Radio and Tv Department – Cairo University

Abstract

This paper aims to provide accurate results about the impact of the youth exposure to social media sites on their attitudes towards the past generations, self, identity, society and upbringing institutions.
The study employs quantitative methods to diagnose this impact.
The main results concluded by this study included that 45.5 % thinks that the youth who are exposed to social media sites are disrespectful to their parents in comparison to the previous generation of parents. 

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