تحديات الإعلام الجديد وسبل حماية الشباب المسلم من أخطارها

Abstract

The present study was an attempt to investigate the importance of taking advantage from the new media, the challenges facing Muslim youth and how we can counter the risks of these challenges? The research consists of three sections. The first section will, therefore, defines the concept of media, discusses its broad and narrow meaning, determines the relation with the traditional media by highlighting its main characteristics, the various means it uses and the great importance that distinguishes these means in gaining time, economizing money and Speed efficiency. The main findings which are provided in the second section show that children and young people are the most widely used to these means and in high proportion. This is what makes them face a range of serious challenges which threaten both their lives and their future, on the top of it, the obliteration of the Islamic identity with all its ideological and cultural components, the elimination of good ethics, the spreading of pornography by calling for the prevalence of immorality and encouragement to exercise sexuality on behalf of sexual freedom. It is hoped that this discussion will enlighten the dissemination of the culture of criminality and terrorism and the attraction of young people for exploiting them in the implementation of terrorist acts and the distortion of the image of Islam and Muslims in the globe. Thus, the prime concern of this paper is to provide extensive discussion about drawing a clear strategy to ensure optimal and useful employment of these means for Muslim youth, from one side, and avoiding them various damages and risks from another side, by looking at all repellent drawbacks and impressive positive aspects. This is discussed in the third section which summarizes also the most important aspects of the paper that aim at strengthening the role of different local media, discusses the significance of the preaching sermon of the mosque, precept of Curricula and programs in educational institutions, in addition to the intensification of associative work. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that a number of important results indicated the importance of good exploitation and taking advantage of the new media; facing its challenges and protecting Muslim youth from its risks.