Abstract

The study aimed at recognizing the effect of the social networking sites (henceforth snss) in creating moral crisis and the role of the university in its confrontation from the view point of faculty members at Qassim University. Two tests were constructed; the first included (29 items) developed to identify the role of snss in creating moral crisis from the view point of faculty members at Qassim University, the second included (25 items) developed to identify the role of the university in confronting the moral crisis from the view point of faculty members at Qassim University. Faculty members (No. 154) at Qassim University completed the two tests, they rated the role of snss in creating the moral crisis, it was moderate; the overall means score was (2.16). The role of the university in confronting the moral crisis from the view point of the faculty members was moderate also; the overall mean score was (2.20). Statistical differences of type of the faculty and the academic degree were not found.

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