استخدام وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي في المشاركة الشعبية في التنمية
Date
2014-05-31
Authors
عاهد الياس جريس جرايسه
Ahed Elias Jeries Jarayseh
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Publisher
AL-Quds University
جامعة القدس
جامعة القدس
Abstract
This study seeks to understand the relationship between social media and
development by studying the impact of social media in the dissemination
of information and ideas, and in facilitating the interaction between
individuals and groups around the world. Additionally, the study seeks to
provide a better understanding about the impact of social media on public
participation in social, political, and economic issues. Moreover, it
highlights the role of this participation in development, assuming that
there is a positive relationship between social media and development.
The study introduces several media theories to prove the hypothesis, and
investigates its applicability with social media. The study presents study
samples from different public movements that took place around the
world over the past decade, focusing particularly on the Arab spring.
These study samples employed social media tools in announcing,
lobbying, and spreading information locally and internationally.
The overall framework of the study focuses on questions revolving
around the relationship between social media tools and the development
process, and utilizes the descriptive approach as the main methodology
through referring to past studies and theories. Literature on social media
was thoroughly analyzed and built upon to provide comprehensive
interpretations of the current status of social media. This study faced
some obstacles related to the accelerated development of social media
tools, which imposes continuous changes and significant impact on
literature analysis and study results. Additionally, there is a scarcity of
Arabic literature and references that serve the core of the study. The study
focused on the evolution of social media in the Arab world, and covers
the period that has witnessed the social media evolution since 2010.
The study presents a comprehensive research background, justifications,
goals, research questions, hypotheses, methodology, and its borders it.
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الدراسات الاقليمية , Regional Studies