Arab youth's use of social networking sites and its relationship to building their national identity

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1 Master’s graduate in strategic communication - King Faisal University

2 Master’s student in Radio and Television - King Faisal University

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This study aimed to identify the Arab youth's use of social networking sites and its relationship to building their national identity. The percentage of respondents who believe that social networking sites contribute (to a large extent) to strengthening the building of national identity among Arab youth, with a percentage of (45.5%), in the first place. The percentage of those who interact with what national establishments publish on social networking sites (permanently) came in first place with a percentage of (49.75%). The percentage of respondents stated that government accounts on social networking sites succeeded (to a large extent) in highlighting the national identity with a percentage of (60%). And that's in the first order. The phrase “those who rely on social networking sites to know national events” came at the forefront of the respondents’ trends of the study sample towards the impact of Arab youth’s use of social networking sites on their concept of national identity, with an average of (2.70).
 
 

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