PDF واقع ممارسة الأنشطة البدنية ودور وسائل الإعلام في جائحة كوفيد (19)

واقع ممارسة الأنشطة البدنية ودور وسائل الإعلام في جائحة كوفيد (19)

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the reality of practicing physical activities, and the role of the media in the Covid (19) pandemic among members of the two Arab societies (the United Arab Emirates and Jordan) who practice and do not practice physical activities, during the Corona pandemic. As well as learning about the role of Arab media in guiding members of their communities to the importance of practicing physical activities in light of the pandemic. And also to identify the differences in the level of significance among the members of the study sample regarding the importance of practicing physical activities in light of the pandemic according to the variables of the study (age, gender, academic qualification, job, place of practice, country). The study sample consisted of only (366) individuals, including (281) practicing physical activities and (85) not practicing. The researchers used the questionnaire as a tool for the study, consisting of (34) items divided into three axes, including (11) items for the axis of individuals who practice physical activities, (12) items for the axis of individuals who do not practice physical activities, and (11) items for the role of the media, which are answered by: All members of the sample. It was distributed via the social networking site (WhatsApp) to answer the questionnaire items. The researchers used the descriptive approach to analyze this study, and statistical treatments were performed using the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t-test for differences, and one-way analysis of variance. The results indicated that the reality of individuals who are aware of the importance of practicing physical activities during the pandemic was generally large, and that the reality of individuals who are not aware of the importance of practicing physical activities during the pandemic was also large. The role of the Arab media in encouraging members of their communities about the importance of practicing physical activities during the pandemic was generally very great. The results also showed that there are no fundamental differences in the reality of individuals who are aware and who are not aware of the importance of practicing physical activities during the pandemic between members of the two communities according to the variables of the study (age, gender, educational qualification, job, place of practice, and country).