The Relationship Between Egyptian University Youth's Use of Social Media Applications and Their Level of Alienation

Document Type : Academic research papers

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1 Faculty of women for arts science and education

2 Professor of Sociology, Department- Faculty of Women for Arts, Science & Education- Ain Shams University – Egypt.

Abstract

1- Research Title: Social Media Applications and The Phenomenon of Alienation.
2- Research Aim: Uncovering the relationship between the Egyptian universities youth's use of social media applications, and their level of alienation.
3- Research Methodology: The research based on the survey method.
4- Research Sample: The research utilized a purposive sample of 400 individual of Egyptian universities youth's consisting of males and females from Ain Shams University and October 6 University.
5- Research Tools: The research relied on the survey questionnaire.
6- Research Results:
A- The research found that the Egyptian universities youth's sample would prefer to use “Facebook”, “WhatsApp” and “YouTube” over other social media applications.
B- The research showed that the vast majority (87.5%) of the sample use social media applications with a high or medium intensity.
C- The research showed that more than half of the sample members feel a high or medium level of alienation (62%).
D- The research found a statistically significant correlation between the measure of alienation as a whole, and the intensity of the Egyptian universities youth's use of social media applications, and The value of the correlation coefficient was (0.235).
Keywords: Social Media Applications, Alienation.

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
Issue January 1, Part Three - Languages - 2023
January 2023
Pages 58-75

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