The role of social media in forming the political consciousness of Algerian youth: an applied study on a sample of Algerian university youth

Abstract

This research aims at revealing the role of social networking sites in creating political awareness among Algerian students, it examines the extent to which the students used social networking websites to get information especially political ones and their impact on their political participation. Using a descriptive method, a survey was conducted to collect data from a sample of Algerian students. The study revealed that Social networking sites have contributed to the formation of political knowledge among youth through their follow of the political issues in the Arab world as well as local ones. The study also found that Algerian youth do not care about political participation, some do not have a voter card and they do not care about political parties and their activities. We noticed in this study that social networking sites Supported the negative attitude of young people towards political participation due to many circumstances.