Abstract:
Epidemics still threaten humanity, as there are new and old diseases, and
despite the development of the medical field and its tools, exposure to these
epidemics may cause a major crisis, causing great human losses, and the Corona
virus is among the epidemics that the world has witnessed in recent times, the
contribution of new means of communication It raised several problems and
reactivated communication mechanisms for awareness and dissemination of
facts and information. Social networking sites were considered using the image
as the main tool as it coincided with the topics of the Corona virus (Covid-19),
which made us raise the problem of our study as follows: What is the impact of
the image on social networking sites on Shaping health awareness towards
Corona (Covid-19) among students of the Department of Media and
Communication Sciences at the University of Ghardaia?
As it became clear the depth of the impact of the image among student
circles in the Department of Media and Communication Sciences at the
University of Ghardaia for various levels (Bachelor of Communication,
Bachelor of Media and Communication, first Master of Communication and
Public Relations and second Master of Communication and Public
Relations)male and female.
The main objective of our study is to identify the role played by the image
in social networking sites in shaping health awareness among students of the
Department of Media and Communication Sciences at the University of
Ghardaia.
Our study is an exploratory study that we relied on the descriptive
approach by studying the impact of the image in shaping health awareness
among students of media and communication sciences at the University of
Ghardaia.
This study concluded with several results that the image has a key role in
shaping health awareness towards the Corona epidemic through social
networking sites for students of media and communication sciences at the
University of Ghardaia, which was reflected positively in rationalizing their
behavior towards the Corona virus epidemic (Covid-19).
