AMMAN — More than half of Jordanians spend more than
three hours per day on social media platforms, according to a recent study by
Al Hayat Center for
Civil Society Development. The center held a public
discussion of the study’s findings on Tuesday, local news outlets reported.
اضافة اعلان
Entitled “Measuring the Level of Jordanians’ Knowledge of
Hate Speech and Misleading and False Information on
Social Media Platforms”,
the study targeted 2,851 respondents from all governorates.
The results of the study showed that the most popular
platform for Jordanians is Facebook, and the least popular is Twitter, with 52
percent of respondents saying that they spend more than three hours per day on
social media platforms, while 39 percent say they spend one to three hours, and
only 9 percent say they spend less than one hour per day.
Research by Global WebIndex in July shows that globally, 59
percent of the world’s population uses social media. The average daily usage is
2 hours and 29 minutes.
The Jordanian study included a question about reactions of
users of social media platforms to reading news, with 17 percent saying that
they only read the headlines, while 32 percent said they follow the comments on
the news and that their personal opinions are affected by such comments. About
32 percent said that they read the entire news article and are not satisfied
with the headlines that are posted on social media platforms.
The study concluded that 75 percent of Jordanians share news
on social media platforms, of whom only 17 percent express an opinion about the
news they share. About 25 percent of Jordanians said that they do not share any
news on social media platforms.
33%
believe education and awareness are the most appropriate means to combat hate speech
With regard to verifying the authenticity of published news,
17 percent of Jordanians said that they do not have time to verify the
authenticity of the news they read, while 13 percent said they do not know how
to do that, and 18 percent said they share news published by people or entities
that they trust.
The results showed that 51 percent of
Jordanians think they
know the concept of hate speech in an average way, while 20 percent said they
know the concept of hate speech to a limited extent, and 29 percent said they
know the concept of hate speech to a great extent.
Regarding reactions when exposed to any form of hate speech,
18 percent indicated that they deleted the comments, while 24 percent said they
left the comments that contain hate speech and did not delete or respond to
them. About 24 percent said they kept the comments but responded to them, while
the percentage of those who responded by communicating directly with the concerned
person through private messages was 19 percent. Six percent said that they had
filed a complaint with the
Cybercrime Unit, and 9 percent said they had
submitted a report to the social media platform against the person concerned.
With regard to the role of the Cybercrime Unit in combating
hate speech, 37 percent of Jordanians said its role was excellent, 12 percent
said its role was weak, and 18 percent said they do not know about the
Cybercrime Unit.
When respondents were asked about the most effective means
of combating hate speech, it was found that 33 percent of Jordanians believe
that education and awareness are the most appropriate means, while 27 percent
said that penalties should be tightened, and 19 percent said that there is a
need to tighten control over social media sites, while 21 percent considered
that there is a need to improve policies for managing content posted on social
media platforms.
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