Attitudes of Media College Students in the West Bank Film

(AJ+ Page as a Model)

Abstract

The study aims to identify the attitudes of students of media faculties in the West Bank towards watching the short documentary film on Al-Jazeera page (AJ+). The study uses the quantitative approach and the questionnaire as a research instrument. It has been applied to a sample consisting of (201) media students in the Palestinian universities. The degree of interest of media students in the academic side of the specialization has been reflected in the future, which contributes to their qualifications for the labor market.  It has showed that there is a very high response to the achieved effects by media students. As a result of watching the short documentary films on the (AJ+) platform through the Facebook applications along with the attractive content provided by the documentaries on the (AJ+) platform, it contributes to enhancing the scientific content of the academic courses offered by the media faculties at the Palestinian universities. It has been found that watching the content of the (AJ+) platform on the Facebook application of documentaries is increased to a high degree. The students' conviction of the importance of research and investigation in the covered topics have been enhanced, thoroughly seen in the development of their abilities to criticize the documentary contents. Finally, the researchers have recommended the directors and content makers to increase the production of short documentaries on digital platforms. They also have called on Palestinian universities and colleges to pay attention to this type of media and allocate courses for it, in addition to calling on media and press institutions in Palestine to pay attention to producing this type of short films that shed light on the Palestinian national issues.