Surveying the University Students' Opinions on the Tackling of the ‎Youths' Issues in the Saudi Daily Press ‎‏)‏An Evaluation Study‏(‏

Surveying the University Students' Opinions on the Tackling of the ‎Youths' Issues in the Saudi Daily Press ‎‏)‏An Evaluation Study‏(‏

Taleb Al-Ahmadi

dr_taleb@hotmail.com

Received : 03-01-2005 , Accepted : 20-09-2005

Language: Arabic

Abstract

The study tackles the topic of the Saudi youths’ readership of the Saudi newspapers. The study shows that most of the study samples "always" read the papers, and a relatively high percentage of them "often" read these papers. Most of the samples spend less than half an hour reading the papers and a high percentage of them spend 1 – 2 hours in reading. The samples’ preferences are Okath, Al-Riyadhiyyah (sports) and Al-Madinah newspapers, consequently. As regards topic preferences, most of the youth prefer sports topics first, current and political issues second and the youths’ concerns third. It is found that a big proportion of the sample expressed their complete or partial satisfaction versus about two thirds of the sample who expressed dissatisfaction because of "insincerity sometimes" or "immeticulous coverage" of such issues. The samples believe that Saudi papers show more interest in sports, education and scientific issues. As for the public issues manipulated in other papers, in the time of the study, the samples think that issues concerning violence، terrorism، the invasion of Iraq، and the Palestinian issue are of importance to them.

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