شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية

Problem: identifying the mental image about Egypt and Egyptians among Arab adolescents through Egyptian TV series. Objectives: measuring the volume of Arab adolescents watching Egyptian drama, knowing the impressions of Arab adolescents about Egypt through Egyptian TV series. This study is descriptive study and relied on the sample survey method. The sample consisted of 300 Arab adolescents (male- female) aged from (15- 17) years, considering the diversity of their demographic factors in terms of gender, nationality, educational and economic level. It was deliberately chosen from high school students in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Tools: questionnaire forms, where the researcher relied on two types of forms, one as hard copy distributed to part of the sample and the other was an electronic copy. Statistical methods: contingency coefficient, Pearson correlation coefficient, independent- samples t- test, one- dimensional analysis of variance results: respondents' selected most sources of information about Egyptian life (by watching Egyptian TV series) with 71.4%, (through social media) secondly with 49.1%, (through my visit to it) thirdly with 16.4%, (through talking with Egyptian colleagues) fourthly by 15.5%, (others mention) by 2.7%, 2. 31.8% of respondents believed the effect of the Egyptian TV series on the image of Egypt and Egyptian society (as positively), 20% believed (negatively), and 71.4% believed (positively and negatively), 11.8% of the respondents accept the image of Egypt presented by Egyptian TV series (as high degree), 65.5% as (medium degree), and 22.7% of them (rejected), and the study indicated that 31.8% of the respondents believe that there is a link between what Egyptian TV series presents and the mental image of Egypt (always), while 55.9% of them believe (to some extent), and finally 12.3% of them do not believe that. (Published abstract)