The Impact of COVID- 19 on Social media user behavior and their usage level: The Kurdish Journalist as a Case.

Authors

  • Nazakat Hussein Hama saeed Media department, College of Humanities, University of Sulaimani , Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
  • Hakim Othman Hameed Technical media department, Technical college of Administration, Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

Keywords:

COVID-19 ,Behave ,Social Media, Journalist

Abstract

This study relies on an online questionnaire survey paper, The aim of the study is to Carry out
that during coronavirus and lockdown which causes people to stay at home and prevent them to get outside. “Who lost their jobs temporarily because of covid-19?” how impacted on social media user behave and their level of using .Dose being online for most of the aspect of life made journalists to use social media more than ever before. This paper focused on Journalists, because they are more intelligent to use social media and much more need to use social media regarding their jobs. For this purpose, this paper use survey method to collect data sample size which is 101 journalists
101 form being returned and responded by the Journalists from all of Kurdistan Region governess, and all type of media organization such as printer ,digital and broadcast media .So that gain the answer, do the Journalist behave and their level of using social media being changed when compared coronaviruses time and before coming this crisis .

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Published

2020-04-25

How to Cite

Hama saeed, N. H., & Hameed, H. O. (2020). The Impact of COVID- 19 on Social media user behavior and their usage level: The Kurdish Journalist as a Case. Journal of University of Raparin, 7(2), 706–735. Retrieved from https://journal.uor.edu.krd/index.php/JUR/article/view/paper30

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Humanities & Social Sciences