Awareness of Algerian Youth about the Risks of Social Media on Intellectual Security: A Field Study of a Sample of Algerian Youth Users of Facebook

Abstract

Through this research, we aim to identify the level of awareness among Algerian youth regarding the use of social networking sites and their effects on intellectual, social and psychological security, and to identify the measures that young people take to reduce risks. To this end, we prepared a field study with a sample of Algerian youth, contacted via Facebookand which represented 36 individuals, aged 18 to 40 years old. We relied on the descriptive approach and electronic questionnaire tool to collect information and after analyzing the data, we concluded that: Young social media users are highly aware of intellectual safety. We did not find statistically significant differences related to gender, although there were some differences in the psychological dimension of the intellectual security scale, with men being preferred over women.