التعرض لأخبار الكوارث الطبيعية عبر الشبكات الاجتماعية وعلاقته بالمناعة النفسية وكرب ما بعد الصدمة لدى الشباب المصري والأردني

Hossam Fayez Abdelhay; Tariq zeyad Al-Nasser; A Alaa K. Al-Makhzoomy

doi:10.35516/hum.v52i5.6122

Authors

Hossam Fayez Abdelhay Department of Media, Faculty of Specific Education, Minia University, Egypt https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6945-7373
Tariq zeyad Al-Nasser Department of Journalism and Digital Media, Faculty of Communication, Yarmouk University, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4376-7370
A Alaa K. Al-Makhzoomy Department of Curriculum and Teaching Methods – Faculty of Educational Sciences – Yarmouk University, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6660-1018

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v52i5.6122

Keywords:

News, natural disasters, social media, psychological immunity, post-traumatic stress.

Abstract

Objectives: This research aims to measure the relationship between exposure to news about natural disasters through social networks and the psychological resilience and post-traumatic stress levels among Egyptian and Jordanian youth.

Methods: This descriptive research involved distributing a survey to a random sample of 600 participants drawn from the youth populations of both countries.

Results: Findings revealed that 100% of participants follow social media sites, with 98.5% following news and content related to recent natural disasters in Libya and Morocco through social networks, albeit with varying degrees of engagement. Notably, Facebook emerged as the predominant social media platform for accessing news related to natural disasters. Audiovisual news coverage was identified as the primary format for staying informed about recent events in Libya and Morocco, with a prevalence of 66%. Among the sampled youth, a high level of psychological resilience and an average level of post-traumatic stress were found.

Conclusions: The study found a negative correlation between exposure to news about natural disasters through social networks and psychological resilience among the youth in the sample, while a positive correlation was found with post-traumatic stress levels. No differences in psychological resilience were found based on gender, age, or country variables. However, differences in post-traumatic stress levels were observed between Egyptian and Jordanian youth, favoring Egyptian youth.

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