The impact of spreading rumors through social networks on Jordanian national security, and ways to face it from the perspective of Jordanian Political and Media Elites

The impact of social media rumors on national security

Abstract

This study aims to identify the impact of rumors through social networks on national security and ways to face them from the point of view of the Jordanian political and media elites. This study belongs to the descriptive studies using the survey methodology, which conducted a sample of (125) individuals from Jordanian Political and Media Elites. The study concluded that the most important social network spreading rumors and affecting national security is Facebook, with a percentage of (83.7%); the most content of rumors on social networks that poses a threat to national security is causing confusion and influencing the patriotic feeling of citizens, which reached (90.70%). Also, the danger of social media rumors to national security is represented chiefly by spreading chaos in society. The study also concluded that the best ways to combat rumors are to provide official information and deny and counter them, which reached (72.09%).