The Impact of Social Networking Websites on the Improvement of Self-awareness among Students at Mu'tah University

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of using social networking websites on the improvement of self-awareness among students at Mu'tah University and whether the social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Orkut, Cyworld, Bebo, and Twitter could improve self- awareness from the students' point of view, and also aimed to investigate the effect of year, and GPA on the point of view of students. To achieve the purpose of the study, a questionnaire was distributed among students to measure their self -awareness.

The study sample consisted of 45 students 24 males and 21 females from Mu'tah University. Means and standard deviations and t-test were used to analyze the results.

The results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the views of the students on the effectiveness of social networking websites on improving self-awareness, also showed a statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α ≥ 0,05) in their views due to the gender variable, as there are statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α ≥ 0,05) in their views due to the year variable, and results also showed the existence of clear statistically significant differences in the views of the students on the effectiveness of social networking websites on improving self-awareness due to the general point average of the students (GPA).

Key words: Social Networking Websites, Self- Awareness