Social communication network and its effects on intellectual security for university students in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to identify the effects of social communication network on the intellectual security for university students in Bahrain. The study utilized the descriptive method administering a questionnaire to a sample of 104 male and female students in the Khalijia University in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The study results showed that the effect of social communication network on the  intellectual security for university students was average, a thing that requires raising the students' awareness of the uses of the social communication network and developing their ability of critical thinking in order to be able to differentiate views and thoughts they receive and avoid the destructive views that harm the stability and security of the society. The study concludes with offering a suggested framework to utilize the social communication network in activation the intellectual security for university students in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Keywords: Social communication network- intellectual security- University education