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The Adoption and Usage of Smartphone Media Technologies as A Source of News by Egyptian University Students

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  • Hamza Saad Mohamed Saad

    (Zayed University, Dubai, UAE &Minia University, Minya, Egypt)

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This study examines the adoption and use of smartphones as a source of news by Egyptian university students. The study was applied on a random sample of 400 university students, whom already have smartphones. This study was guided by the uses and gratification theory to explore the use of smartphones among university students as a news resource. The study used quantitative research methodology in the form of a survey. Information was collected using a self-administrated questionnaire between March 2018 and April 2018. Findings showed that although Egypt is not one of the oil-rich countries, most of the university students are heavy smartphone users and the vast majority (87.5%) of them are accessing news via their smartphones. More importantly, the findings revealed that university students mainly used smartphones to get general information (47.5%), Egypt's news (37.5%), entertainment (29.25%) and follow world's news (27.75%). Finally, findings showed that (70%) of students use their smartphones to follow current affairs, while 67.5% said that smartphones helpe them to communicate with their friends.

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  • Hamza Saad Mohamed Saad, 2019. "The Adoption and Usage of Smartphone Media Technologies as A Source of News by Egyptian University Students," International Journal of Customer Relationship Marketing and Management (IJCRMM), IGI Global, vol. 10(3), pages 35-53, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jcrmm0:v:10:y:2019:i:3:p:35-53
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