Uses of smartphones communication applications in teaching media courses in light of the Corona pandemic ' A Field study on media professors at Arab universities

Abstract

The study aims at identifying the uses of the media professors of the smartphones communication applications in teaching media courses in Arab universities in light of the Corona pandemic. It uses the descriptive method through the sample survey method as a tool to collect data. The sample includes 240 individuals of media professors from the Faculties of Media and Communication in Algeria, the Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication at Zarqa University of Jordan, and the Faculty of Arts, Department of Media at Minya University. The study has found that: there are statistically significant differences in the forms of respondents' interaction with media courses provided through smart phone communication applications in the favor of professor of the Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication at Zarqa University of Jordan, the T value = (4.92 **), significant at the level of (0.01), and there is as well a statistically significant correlation between media professors’ use of smartphones communication applications and the extent of their contribution in publishing media courses, the value of the correlation coefficient reached (0.319 * *), significant at the level of (0.01).