Social Media and Its Impact on Promoting the National Identity of University Students in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

This study aims to identify the use of social media in university students and examine the extent to which social media strengthens their national identity. It also explores gender and academic level-based differences in social media’s impact on strengthening national identity. Data were collected from 283 university students (53.71% males), and (46.28% female), (M age = 21.7 years; SD age = 3.27) years. We have prepared and applied a questionnaire to examine the impact of social media on students’ national identity. The findings revealed that 97.17% use social media every day, while 2.47% use social media poorly. Furthermore, the results indicated a significant impact on the use of social media in strengthening the national identity of students.