The role of Facebook in spreading political awareness to the students of Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad,Iraq 2020 (Facebook As a Case Study)

Author:
Bassam Kareem Zaidan
Level:
Master
Field of study:
Media management
Language:
Arabic
Faculty:
Faculty of Social Sciences, Media and Communication
Year:
2021
Publisher:
URD Press
Supervisor(s):
Abdulamir Soleimani
Advisor(s):
Madyan omran Altamimi

 Social Networking Sites are the primary resource in general and Facebook in particular to provide the information in various issues which are used by students,Considering Facebook is an online platform that representing the most commonly for social networking sites to publish  and increase  political  information communication that for  have been used by students.

The aim of research study to focus on Facebook as a source to know awareness accessibility for students of Al-Mustansiriya University by using descriptive methodology depending on several studies and researches  and  survey methodology for applies study to get a credible results  through spreading  random a sample  survey  for a certain category of, students at Al-Mustansiriya University.

Distributing the research and dividing it into a methodological aspect, a theoretical aspect, and the last aspect is practical, through which the application of hypotheses was verified and the percentage of true and false, and for the purpose of determining the information and data for research represented by university students who use Facebook to follow up on political issues and events, the questionnaire was divided into three axes and agencies  We adopted the general data of the respondents as the first axis, and the patterns of exposure to Facebook as the second axis, and the political uses of Facebook as the third axis, and the sample randomly applied to 0individuals and through it several results were reached, the most prominent of which were:The percentage of their use of social networking sites in general and Facebook in particular is very high, And for long periods of time per day, exceeding five hour,.besides There was the sample that represented  a large percentage believes that Facebook contributes to the development of the spirit of citizenship and  national belonging. It also contribute t focusing on current issues and participating in the analysis of political events.