The Effect of Social Media and Syrian Refugees on the Jordanian Acts of Greeting

Abstract

This research paper aims at  examining the impact of several factors that influence the greeting terms in Jordan., social networks and Syrian refugees in particular.The reason for having the Syrians participate in this study is because of their great number in Jordan. According to the Department of Statistics Syrians constitues 20% of the Jordanian population.This  paper starts with a brief summary of greetings among Jordaninans and factors affecting such greetings and other related issues. Furthermore, it discusses the influence of Syrian refugees and social media on greeting terminology in Jordan. In order to reveal the extent of such influence the researcher used discussion groups approach to collect needed data for the paper. Five such meetings were held in different parts of the kingdom, where refugees are residing: Northern Mafraq area, Za'atri camp, Amman Governorate, Al Ghore area  and the campus of Princess Rahma College. Results revealed that the Syrian greeting accent has very minute or no effect on the Jordanian's greeting terms, while social media has an influence among urbanite Jordanians.

Key words: Act of Greeting, Jordan, Syrian Refugees, Social Media, Princess Rahma University College