مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي وتأثيرها على العلاقات الأسرية

Abstract

This study aims to try to know the impact of social networking sites on family relationships, considering that the family represents the most important structures that build society, and since communication in its ancient forms took place between two or more in a direct way, family relationships were solid and strong, and due to the changes and transformations that occurred in societies. In general and the family in particular, the features of communication changed in it, which led to changes at the communicative level of individuals, and thus family relationships declined due to the transfer of real social relationships to a virtual world, which made us interested in studying family relationships in light of the uses of social networking sites, as we relied in this study According to the social survey method using the sample survey method, the sample of our study was a purposive sample, which represented friends, relatives, and family, and the second sample represented a snowball sample by passing the purposive sample items for the questionnaire to their friends, relatives, and acquaintances through one Social networking sites via an electronic link. The study included (1000) individuals representing various nuclear families in Algerian society, using observation and questionnaires as one of the most important data collection tools. The study reached a set of results, the most important of which are: 1. Algerian family members use social networking sites extensively and for multiple different purposes. 2. Social networking sites affect the relationship between spouses, resulting in apathy, marital muteness, and lack of dialogue between them, which leads to a coldness in the marital relationship and thus the occurrence of what is called emotional divorce. 3. Social networking sites affect the relationship between parents and children, as the relationship between them has deteriorated, and the frequent use of these sites has led to the isolation of Algerian family members from their families, which has resulted in a type of isolation and love of isolation. 4. Social networking sites affect the relationship between brothers, as they have led to the emergence of disputes between children and increased quarrels between them, and their relationships with their families have withdrawn into the formation of virtual relationships as an alternative to their real world.