The adoption and usage of smartphone media technologies as a source of news by Egyptian university students
Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
International Journal of Customer Relationship Marketing and Management
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract
Copyright © 2019, IGI Global. This study examines the adoption and use of smartphones as a source of news by Egyptian university students. The study was applied on a random sample of 400 university students, whom already have smartphones. This study was guided by the uses and gratification theory to explore the use of smartphones among university students as a news resource. The study used quantitative research methodology in the form of a survey. Information was collected using a self-administrated questionnaire between March 2018 and April 2018. Findings showed that although Egypt is not one of the oil-rich countries, most of the university students are heavy smartphone users and the vast majority (87.5%) of them are accessing news via their smartphones. More importantly, the findings revealed that university students mainly used smartphones to get general information (47.5%), Egypt’s news (37.5%), entertainment (29.25%) and follow world’s news (27.75%). Finally, findings showed that (70%) of students use their smartphones to follow current affairs, while 67.5% said that smartphones helpe them to communicate with their friends.
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ISSN
Publisher
IGI Global
Volume
10
Issue
3
First Page
35
Last Page
53
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Keywords
Egypt, Gratifications, Smartphone, Social Media News Sources, Uses
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Recommended Citation
Saad, Hamza Saad Mohamed, "The adoption and usage of smartphone media technologies as a source of news by Egyptian university students" (2019). All Works. 3334.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/3334
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yes
Open Access
no