The impact of social networking sites on the university system values at King Faisal University students.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor of Pedagogy - King Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2 He holds a master's degree , lecturer at the Arab University

Abstract

 
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of social networking on the system university values ​​at King Faisal University students sites, as well as to determine the differences in the extent of impact, according to the variables (sex, experience) and to achieve the objectives of this study was to develop a questionnaire consisting of 35 items distributed in three areas (religious and moral values, social values, personal values) has been applied to a sample (772) students were selected stratified random way, from the study of society (21000) male and unemployment rate figures were )Maaha 0.034 ) .
Results of the study showed that the impact of social networking sites on the university system values ​​at King Faisal University students. Came moderately, and that all areas of the tool was also average, as the study showed no statistically significant differences in the impact of social networking sites on the system university values ​​of King Faisal University due to the variable sex students, the study also showed the presence of statistically significant differences in the impact of differences Social networking sites on the university system values ​​attributed to the variable of the college and in favor of the College of Education.

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