Abstract
The study aimed to identify the degree of social media contribution to reinforcing digital citizenship meaning from the viewpoint of female students at Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh. The study was an attempt to answer the following two questions in order to achieve the objectives of the study: To which extent does SnapChat site reinforce digital citizenship meaning as the female students of Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh understand? What degree of contribution does Twitter site strengthen digital citizenship meaning as the female students of the same University understand? The researcher used the survey descriptive method to answer these questions. The tool of this study was a questionnaire, and the society of the study was the female students of Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh understand and the study was applied on 100 female students. Using the proper statistical tools to analyze the collected data, the study revealed that the SnapChat site as well as the Twitter site contribute to reinforce digital citizenship meaning as the female students of Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh understand. Both sites have added technology skills to the students such as publishing quickly, expression, freedom to express an opinion, and communicate quickly with all over the world. The SnapChat and Twitter have no digital security feature in terms of positioning, ease of penetration and save the private clips. The study concluded with a set of recommendations and suggestions.
Highlights
This age is the age of communication media which grows quickly and constantly, it requires many different skills in order to cope with its variable and multiple activities and interactions
The study aimed to identify the degree of social media contribution to reinforcing digital citizenship meaning from the viewpoint of female students at Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh
The study was an attempt to answer the following two questions in order to achieve the objectives of the study: To which extent does SnapChat site reinforce digital citizenship meaning as the female students of Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh understand? What degree of contribution does Twitter site strengthen digital citizenship meaning as the female students of the same University understand? The researcher used the survey descriptive method to answer these questions
Summary
This age is the age of communication media which grows quickly and constantly, it requires many different skills in order to cope with its variable and multiple activities and interactions. These sites are easy to be accessed through an application that can be downloaded to a mobile or iPad, where the learner can get access to the whole world He can be involved in broadcasting news, commenting on it and giving his opinion about it. The use of virtual community for achieving interests is predominated, as people can finish their jobs through digital technology This transformation requires to change the way of dealing with this generation who has been lost in an unlimited world of technological dominance, it requires to get a life balance by showing the standards and ways to deal with digital technology, to become a digital citizen who knows his rights as well as his duties, protects himself and his information and becomes a good citizen. Vol 11, No 1; 2018 citizenship among the female students of Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh
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