College Girls' Exposure to Drama via Digital Platforms and its Relationship to Their Moral Value System

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the exposure of female university students to dramatic works presented on digital platforms and its relationship with their value system.

Methods: The study employed a survey methodology by collecting opinions from a sample of female university students using the snowball sampling technique. An electronic questionnaire was used as the research tool.

 Results: The results confirmed high exposure rates to digital platforms among female university students. Netflix was the most preferred digital platform among the study sample, with a percentage of 88.5%. In second place was Shahid.net, with a percentage of 54.9%. American dramas were the most followed dramatic works by the female university students in the study sample on digital platforms, with a percentage of 72.1%. The primary motivation for following dramatic works on digital platforms was for entertainment and amusement, at a percentage of 63.9%. The second motivation was to pass the time, at 51.6%. From the perspective of the female university students, violent behavior was the most prominent negative behavior and positive values included in the dramatic works on digital platforms, at a percentage of 59%. Homosexuality followed as the second most prominent behavior, at 58.2%.

Conclusions: The study found that the negative behaviors had a higher impact on the value system of the female university students in the study sample compared to the positive values presented in these dramatic works.