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The Role of Facebook Users' Comments in Shaping the Public's Attitudes Towards Political Issues): A Survey Study on A Sample of The Baghdad Public

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Isra Shakir Hassan Al Jouani,Mortada Hassan Ali Al-Shamry ,Widad Nagem Abood,Labid Malik Youssef Al-Muttalib,Rawaa Taha Darweesh

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Facebook is a social networking site, It is one of the latest and most famous communications technology products, and although this site was established primarily for social communication between individuals, its use extended to include political, social, and cultural activity through the exchange of information through various media, and it has become one of the sites The task that plays an important role in acquiring correct habits and behaviors and an important tool of political, social and cultural awareness, for this reason, came our tagged research (the role of Facebook 'users' comments in shaping public attitudes towards political issues) - a survey study on a sample of the Baghdad public- Which took place in three sections, the first: the methodological framework, which included the research problem, its objectives, its importance, the research community, the research methodology, and its sample. He also touched on the statement of its pros and cons, including its use by terrorist groups and organized crime networks and sometimes its threat to societal security. As for the third and final topic: it focused on the statement of calculating the recurrences of the categories included in the research questionnaire, which were in two main axes, namely, the first: characteristics of the respondents(demographic elements. The second axis: the audience's questions regarding follow-up comments on Facebook and a statement of the most prominent results reached by the researchers through the total answers obtained from the respondents.

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