The Role of the Universities in Counterterrorism and Electronic Extremism from the Viewpoint of the Faculty Members at Al Balqa Applied University and Naif Arab University for Security Sciences

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate the role of the universities in counterterrorism and electronic extremism from the view point of faculty members at Al Balqa Applied University and Naif Arab University for Security Sciences; it aims also to investigate the effect of faculty members' gender, academic qualification, and experience on their viewpoint. The sample of the study was selected purposefully. It consisted of (94) faculty members, (71) male and (23) female faculty members at Al Balqa Applied University and Naif Arab University for Security Sciences. This sample was used to investigate the role of the universities in counterterrorism and electronic extremism and a questionnaire was distributed among them.The findings of the study indicated that there are no statistically significant differences at (α= 0.05) in faculty members' views about the role of the universities in counterterrorism and electronic extremism due to Gender variable. Results also showed that there are statistically significant differences at (α= 0.05) in faculty members' opinion due to qualification variable in favor of PhD Degree, there are statistically significant differences at (α= 0.05) due to experience variable. To find out Multiple Comparisons differences post hoc test using Scheffe Method was conducted, results showed that there are statistically significant differences at (α= 0.05) between Less than 5 years and 10 years or above in favor of 10 years or above.

Keywords: Counterterrorism, Electronic Extremism