THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON YOUTH’S INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION IN UAE
Abstract
Social media is
an important tool that allows people to communicate with others. There are many
advantages of using the social media, but one of the most serious challenges
that the youth is facing, is that, it is affecting their interpersonal
communication. For example, they use social media to share their feelings
instead of face to face communication. The objective of the research is to
identity the degree of how social media affects the youth's interpersonal
communication in UAE. Also, we will explore the factors that lead the youth to
express, share their feelings and problems in the virtual world. Moreover, we
will investigate the consequences of the virtual world on the youth's
interpersonal communication. Finally, we will list the possible solutions.
Survey will be conducted as a methodology and it will be distributed to the
youth population living in UAE. The social media affects the interpersonal communication
negatively more than positively and it will be explained clearly in the paper.
Keywords
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Viola Gjylbegaj
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United Arab Emirates
Osama Jararaa
United Arab Emirates
Publication Date
April 30, 2018
Submission Date
February 4, 2018
Acceptance Date
March 15, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 4 Number: 10
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https://doi.org/10.36394/jhss/20/4/3