Yemeni Expatriates’ Sources of Information About Yemeni Events and Issues: A Survey on A Sample of Expatriates 10.35781/1637-000-021-007 أحمد محمد عبدالله العجل عبدالرحيـــــم علي الشـاوري

Abstract

This study aimed at revealing the media and communication on which Yemeni expatriates rely as the main and important sources to obtain information about events and issues of Yemen It investigated the objectives of relying on media as well as the resulting effects. It also identified the statistically significant relationship among the study variables, the most important of which is the dependence on the information sources and many other significant variables, as well as the relationship between the dependence on the information sources and the resulting effects of such dependence. In addition, it identified the existence of statistically significant differences in the follow-up extent of Yemen's events and issues and the existence of differences in the expatriates' dependence on information sources according to many intermediate variables. The study utilized a sample of expatriates and used a survey methodology and a questionnaire for data collection. The findings of the study indicated that the expatriates' interest in Yemen's events and issues as well as their interest in the follow-up of Yemen's events and issues was often high. Their dependence on media and communication as the main and important sources for obtaining information about Yemen's events and issues was of a level varying between high and medium The prime sources of information on which the expatriates depend were Yemen Satellite Channel, Yemeni friends and colleagues, Al-Sa'eedah Satellite Channel, Yemeni opinion leaders, privately-owned Arabic News Satellite Channels, and Arab Governmental Satellite Channels. The findings also revealed a statistically significant relationship between the expatriates' interest in most of Yemen's raised issues and the high follow-up of such issues. Additionally, there is a statistically significant relationship between most of the motives to follow events of Yemen and the dependence on the information sources. Furthermore, there is a statistically significant relationship between the dependence on the information sources and the trust in such sources. Also, there is a statistically significant relationship between the dependence on the information sources and the ability of such sources in strong media processing of expatriates' issues. Moreover, there is a statistically significant relationship between the dependence on the information sources and the resulting effects of such dependence. Besides, there are differences in the level of expatriates' dependence on most of the information sources according to many intermediate variables as well as in the follow-up extent of Yemen's events and issues according to many intermediate variables.