تأثير الانترنت على الشباب فى مصر والعالم العربى: دراسة نقدية

Abstract
The study aims to specify the positive and negative uses of the internet, and
studies the actual usage of internet in Arab Countries as well as Egypt. Further, it
displays the different e-crimes of the internet as well as the ways of preventing these
crimes that used in some countries in the world with special regards to the Egyptian
case. Then the study presents the results of pool survey that targeted both youth who
used internet and parents whose youth use internet. The purpose of the survey was
exploring the pattern of the internet utilization among Egyptian youth aged 15 to 30
years. Results show that Egyptian youth used internet mainly for entertainment.
Moreover, the pattern of internet utilization among youth is slightly affected by place of
residence and economic level of families due to the efforts that exerted by Egyptian
governorate in order to prevail internet services in the whole country. Further, more
than fifty per cent of the youth sample prefers Arabic sites rather than other foreign
sites, and finally there are significant different between youth and parents point of views
with respect to positive and negative consequences of the internet use. Some
implications of the findings pertaining to internet utilization are discussed such as
developing a local internet law in order to regulate the internet use as well as
eliminating the internet crimes and negative practices.