Impediments to Use of Internet among Students of the Syrian Virtual University

This study aimed to identify the difficulties that hinder the use of Internet among students of the Syrian Virtual University. It also tried to know the impact of variables: gender, academic specialization, owning a computer and provision of Internet service. The study was conducted on a sample of 400 students, 200 male students and 200 female students of educational programs. Results showed that the main difficulties that hinder the use of Internet were the student's lack of knowledge of the importance of the Internet and aim of its use. Students also believed that the disadvantages of this service were more than its advantages. Results did not show gender-based significant differences; however, there were significant differences in these difficulties attributed to variables of computer ownership and availability of Internet service in favour of students who have the computers and Internet service.

Impact of the Spread of Modern Means of Communication on the Age of Marriage in the Province of Lattakia

The aim of this study is to introduce modern means of communication (communication and social networking sites), through their impact directly or indirectly on the age of marriage, that is on youths whose ages range between 15 and 45, being the group active in various forms, including marriage. The study also tries to identify the size of the impact of technology on the lives of young people in the age of marriage and its effect on their choices and decisions in relation to marriage at a certain age all of that is to be achieved through: - Knowledge of the extent of use of Internet and social networking site by that category of youth. - Measuring the impact of information technology on the change of customs and traditions in society including Latakia with respect to the decision to marry by the young of particular age. - Tracing the direct impact of the quality of the material presented on the Internet including pornographic films on the studied group. One of the most important findings of the study: - Results of the study show the presence of a statistically significant relationship between the means of communication through the variables gender and place of residence. - Other modern means of communication including multi-cellular connection to the Internet especially social networking sites have a similar impact. The study recommends introducing programs and organizational plans to help youths lead a more balanced life and use the new technology in a positive way.

Violation of Private Life over Internet

Right to privacy is considered one of the closest rights to the human being, and it has been the most controversial right among jurists for a long time. Also the sacredness and saintliness of the private life were preserved in ancient civilizations, heavenly religions, constitutions and legislations in most of the world countries. The concept of privacy is considered a relatively flexible concept, which means that this concept changes among societies, cultures and the cultural heritage of the countries fromone time to another. Probably the advent of computer, the information revolution and the internet gave this right a special momentum; particularly after the wide spread of information banks in the eighties of the last century, which was called the hysteria of the social communication over the internet. This hysteria was spread through websites, chat rooms and social networks where people, whether kids or adults, are putting a lot of personal information, photos and videos on line. This thing constitutes a considerable threat on the sacredness of their private lives from the violation of information, which justifies the legislated interference in many countries all over the world to pass legislations for computers and internet crimes, such as the Syrian legislator. Passing the legislative decree /17/ on 08 February 2012 in regard to organizing the communication over the internet and the internet crimes came in time to respond to the urgent need of reducing the computer and internet crimes. As such, we will highlight what was mentioned in the aforementioned decree which gave importance to the private life in the information domain, when it defined the privacy concept in its first article and dedicated article /23/ to criminalize the violation of the private life over the internet or any information system. We will try to respond to many questions about these crimes and provide some suggestions and recommendations regarding the legislative decree /17/. We hope that it attracts the necessary attention for the sake of avoiding any gaps in this decree. . ...

An Assessment of Information and Communication Technology Use among Pharmacy Students at Damascus University

The medical and pharmaceutical education is witnessing a real revolution with the emergence of computer-assisted learning and internet-mediated education as new tools in selfeducation. Investigating knowledge, skills and attitudes of pharmacy faculty students at Damascus University in relation to the use of information and communication technology (ICT).

Obstacles of Using the Internet for Scientific Research Purpose from MA Students’ point of view

This research aims at identifying the obstacles facing graduate students when they use the Internet for the purposes of scientific research by answering the following questions: 1 - What are the obstacles faced by graduate students while using the Internet for research purposes? 2 - Is there a difference between the answers of graduate students as regardschallenging the obstacles they face when using the Internet for the purposes of scientific research? The research employs descriptive analytical method by using questionnaires composed of (30) distributed over three areas, the research found the following results: 1 - Most resolution phrases constituted obstacles to graduate students when using the Internet for the purposes of scientific research substantially and medium. 2 - There are no statistically significant differences between the mean of graduate students’ answers at the University of Damascus concerning their challenge for degrees of constraints of Internet use in scientific research; there are significant differences between the mean of students’ answers concerning their challenge for degrees of constraints of Internet use in scientific research due to the academic variable level in favor of Ph.D. students.

The Degree Use Of Damascus University Students of the Internet and Its Relationship to Social Intelligently

The research aims to identify the degree of use of Damascus University students, members of the research sample for the Internet and its relationship to social their intelligence, as well as knowledge of the differences in the degree of use of the research sample for the web members according to gender, year of study, and formed the research sample of (665) students of University Students Damascus has been chosen randomly stratified way, where they applied researcher measure students use the Internet (the researcher) and a measure of social intelligence (Ahmad Ghoul ,1993) after verifying the validity and reliability.