Social media and its Role in Achieving Family Security

A Sociological Field Study at Erbil Polytechnic University

Abstract

The research problem is defined by answering the following problematic question: To what extent has social media contributed to achieving family security? The research aims to identify the relationship between social media and society. determine the degree of the relationship between social media and family security. Also identify whether there are statistically significant differences according to the research variables. To achieve the research objectives, the researchers relied on the descriptive analytical approach and used a questionnaire tool on a sample of employees at Erbil Polytechnic University, which was defined by the researchers in Erbil city as the study sample. The sample comprised a total of 247 teaching staff members. The main results reached through this research are as follows: social media does not have a positive impact on family security in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq according to the opinions of the research sample, thus rejecting the second hypothesis. Additionally, social media may negatively affect family security in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq based on the opinions of the research sample, which means there is a significant statistical relationship between the variables of social responsibility programs and social security. Moreover, there is a significant impact of the variable of social media on the variable of family security at Erbil Polytechnic University. In light of the results, a set of recommendations and suggestions were proposed. Including: the necessity of promoting the use of social media to benefit from it in living in a healthy and problem-free environment, for the purpose of achieving family security in Kurdish society.