Social media offers new ways of communication on the internet and allow interactive activities through different platforms and applications like: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Tiktok. Social media also allows users the possibility of constructing, at least in part, their personal identity in a way that is different from what happens in physical reality. The main aim of the study is to explore how social media empowers physical disables (Mentally/ Physiology/ Down syndrome) influencers to be socially included in the society and how they can inspire audience, and how audience accept them as a part of the community. The study depended on conducting a survey which will be applied on (486 ) respondents males/females from age18 to 60, from different social categories.
The study concluded there is a significant moderate positive relationship between Age and Representation of physical that disable social media influencers in public event rate at 90% confidence level. Also, over half of the respondents were Instagram users, with a minority using Twitter. Most respondents spent 2-4 hours on social media daily, with few spending just 1 hour or more than 6 hours . The majority did not follow disabled influencers, though a minority did, when asked about their attraction to influencers, most respondents said it was due to awareness and seeing influencers as successful people; few said it was because they had friends with similar disabilities.
Shaaban, R., & Galal, S. (2024). How social media empowers physical disabled influencers for inclusive communities in Egypt: A quantitative survey on users’ perspectives. Journal of Media and Interdisciplinary Studies, 3(8), 29-74. doi: 10.21608/jmis.2024.249845.1015
MLA
Rania El Sayed Shaaban; Samar Ezzeldin Galal. "How social media empowers physical disabled influencers for inclusive communities in Egypt: A quantitative survey on users’ perspectives", Journal of Media and Interdisciplinary Studies, 3, 8, 2024, 29-74. doi: 10.21608/jmis.2024.249845.1015
HARVARD
Shaaban, R., Galal, S. (2024). 'How social media empowers physical disabled influencers for inclusive communities in Egypt: A quantitative survey on users’ perspectives', Journal of Media and Interdisciplinary Studies, 3(8), pp. 29-74. doi: 10.21608/jmis.2024.249845.1015
VANCOUVER
Shaaban, R., Galal, S. How social media empowers physical disabled influencers for inclusive communities in Egypt: A quantitative survey on users’ perspectives. Journal of Media and Interdisciplinary Studies, 2024; 3(8): 29-74. doi: 10.21608/jmis.2024.249845.1015