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The Role of Social Communication Networks in Mobilizing The Palestinian Public Opinion Toward Socio-Political Change

Journal: 
An-Najah University Journal for Research - Humanities - Volume 26, Issue 6, 2012
Start Page: 
1387
End Page: 
1428
Received: 
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Accepted: 
Monday, May 28, 2012
Authors: 
Zuhair Abed
Abstract: 

The Internet invades all aspects of life, thereby contributing to the change in various phases of life in a record time. On the sidelines of this great event, a set of different phenomena has emerged at several levels. The spread of social communication networks is one of the most remarkable achievements in this day and age. Social networks play a vital role in forming the world public opinion, especially the Palestinians in their social and political issues. The study related to descriptive research is concerned with the reality of social communication networks. It also deals with the analysis and interpretation of events, phenomena, attitudes, and opinions to determine their impact on the Palestinian public opinion and socio-political change. This aims at correcting, updating and developing the reality through a survey approach covering a representative sample of (500) students (male & female) of Palestinian Universities in the Gaza Strip, who commonly use the internet and social communication networks. The most important findings of the study are: Email is the most commonly used, done at home three hours a day. The degree of confidence is average. The variables of gender and residence have no effect on the role of social communication networks in mobilizing the public opinion towards social and political change, whereas there is an effect of both university and specialization variables.

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