Challenges Facing Jordanian Universities in Activating Media Education among their Students

Abstract

This study aims to identify the challenges facing Jordanian universities to activate media education among their students from the viewpoint of the students themselves. To achieve the objective of the study, a questionnaire consisting of (20) items is distributed to Jordanian university students (332) from the Jordanian public universities (University of Jordan, Yarmouk University, and Mu'tah University, along with the survey method. The results of the study show that the challenges facing Jordanian universities to activate media education among their students for Jordanian university students are of a medium degree in terms of the arithmetic mean of (3.55).  Based on the results of the study, the study recommends adopting an approach by the Jordanian universities to support media education in a manner contributing to increasing the efficiency and ability of the academic and administrative staff and students in all Jordanian universities to enrich the learning and teaching process.

Keywords: media education, Jordanian universities, students of Jordanian universities.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-22-07

Publication date:August 31^st 2020