The role of social media in shaping the political culture :survey study on a sample of facebook users.

Abstract

This research paper's aim is to identify the role of social media in shaping the political culture of Facebook users which was represented in the youth category because it is considered as the most important age group in the Algerian society and knowing that the extent of its contribution in promoting their values and orientation as a source of lot of information and political news. We relied on the sample survey method by using the questionnaire tool which was distributed on an intentional sample. We figured out that the Facebook contributes in forming the political attitudes and behaviors and also allows space for dialogue and discussion about the political topics.