The Role of social media in Motivating Yemeni Youth to Participate in Development- A case study in the framework of the social capital theory

Al Atam, Aref Abdo

doi:10.21608/jsb.2022.239984

The Role of social media in Motivating Yemeni Youth to Participate in Development- A case study in the framework of the social capital theory

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Aref Abdo Al Atam

He holds a doctorate in media

10.21608/jsb.2022.239984

Abstract

-              This study aimed to know the role of social media in motivating Yemeni youth to participate in development within the framework of the social capital theory, monitor the issues followed which related to development work and how to interact with it along with the extent of their acceptance to participate in the development process. The was included (208) respondents of Yemeni youth who use social media. The study came up with a set of results, the most important of which are:
There is a high rate of the Yemeni youth using social media, namely Facebook which ranked the first among the most preferred social media networks, followed by WhatsApp and Twitter.
-         Friends ranked at the top based on the people list preferred by respondents to communicate with through social media networks and discuss issues related to development, followed by colleagues, then new people, and the family.
-         There is a high rate of the feeling of motivation to participate and interact with development issues through social media networks, in addition to the high sufficiency of information related to development issues published on social media networks regarding the respondents.
-         The greater the Yemeni youth's use of social media networks, the greater follow-up to development issues is given along with their confidence in information on development issues, and the degree to which they are motivated to participate in social media networks.

Keywords

Main Subjects

The new media

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