Attitudes of Media Students in Palestine towards Video Journalism Content Disseminated by Russia Today on the Arabic Channel's Page on Facebook

Abstract

This research aims to identify the attitudes of media students in Palestine towards video journalism through the Russia Today in Arabic channel page on the Facebook platform. It also aims to investigate media students' opinions about the visual content presented by the Russia Today page by verifying the motives behind their follow-up to the channel's page on its interactive platform, in addition to revealing the cognitive aspects that students are impacted by as a result of their follow-up to the video journalism through the channel's page. The study can be categorized under quantitative approaches. Statistical analysis is one of the most appropriate scientific methods for such analytical studies. It helps in obtaining information, data, and descriptions of the phenomenon under study. Therefore, the current study came out with several results and recommendations; the media faculties in Palestine should work on developing the skills of media instructors to use contemporary technologies, and train students to tell stories through video journalism. There should also be diversity in the media content adopted by the Russia Today channel, and it should be expanded to cover all social media platforms. Moreover, it is essential to take advantage of experts and visual content makers on social media platforms to raise students' practical skills to produce stories using video journalism.