The relationship between the levels of using digital media by Palestinian public & knowledge levels about youth issues

Authors

  • إبراهيم المصري جامعة فلسطين
  • عمرو أبو جبر جامعة فلسطين

Keywords:

digital media, the new media, social media networks, youth issues, Palestinian Youth and the new media.

Abstract

This thesis aims to recognize the relationship between the levels of using digital media by Palestinian public & knowledge levels on youth issues. The study aims also to analyze knowledge levels of public awareness of youth issues achieved by digital media.

This study was applied on a sample of 168 researchers from Gaza governorates, the most important results of this study are as follows:

-         Palestinian public depends primarily on internet as a source of information with a relative weight of (6.1), (74.7) % use Facebook.

-         Palestinian public is concerned about youth issues with 84 %.

-         The role of digital media in forming public knowledge on youth issues was moderately of 56% & deeply of 31.3%.

-         Poverty issues came first with an average of 9.9% while unemployment issues came second with an average of 9.7%.

-         The prime reason for the multiple youth problems is the Israeli occupation; the Palestinian division in 2007 came as the second reason for youth problems from the point of view of Palestinian public.

Author Biographies

إبراهيم المصري, جامعة فلسطين

أستاذ مساعد

عمرو أبو جبر, جامعة فلسطين

أستاذ مساعد

Published

2017-12-18

How to Cite

المصري إ., & أبو جبر ع. (2017). The relationship between the levels of using digital media by Palestinian public & knowledge levels about youth issues. Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Humanities and Social Studies, 1(42). Retrieved from https://journals.qou.edu/index.php/jrresstudy/article/view/1484

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