Assessment of the General Level of Trust of Syrian Youth in the Russian Media, Which Speak Arabic

Abstract

there is no doubt that the media can find ways to influence public opinion only after building trust in them. Identifying ways to win over the target audience by publishing relevant information and news has become a major challenge for the media. The main objectives of this study are to assess the overall level of trust of Syrian youth in the Russian Arabic-language media and to identify a significant relationship between faith in the objectivity of the media and trust. The researchers used the interview-questionnaire method to assess the psychological climate of news and information broadcast by the media as a factor of trust in them. Key findings: 1) the psychological climate of news and information broadcast by the media is a factor in the level of confidence of the Syrian youth in the Russian Arabic-language media; 2) the overall level of such trust is quite high today; 3) the degree of trust is a direct continuation of the belief in the objectivity of the Russian media in general. Accordingly, the higher the belief in the objectivity of the media, the higher the level of trust and vice versa; 4) unlike other media, the trust of the Syrian youth in Russian Arabic-language radio channels is not based on objective information transmitted on the radio.