The Arabic form of the media and technology usage scale and the scale of attitude towards technology: The study of validity and reliability

The aim of the study was to adapt the media and technology usage scale and attitude scale to Arabic. The methodology of the current study was a quantitative method, as the questionnaire was used from 1100 university students. The exploratory factor analysis was used to reveal the media and technology usage scale has nine factors. The nine factors are named as follows on Face book Check, general social media use, primary phone use, video games, media sharing, online friendships, email usage, Facebook friendships, and Smartphone use. The attitude scale has three factors. The three factors are named respectively as following positive attitude and negative attitude and Preference for Task Switching. The Cronbach alpha coefficient of the media and technology use subscale of the scale adapted to Arabic was found to be 0.757. This coefficient shows that the media and technology usage subscale has an acceptable degree of internal consistency. In addition, the value of Cronbach alpha coefficient of the attitude subscale was found by 0.699. This indicates that the attitude subscale has a acceptable degree of the internal consistency. As a result, the adapted Arabic form of media and technology usage and attitude scale is a scale that can reliably measure the media and technology usage and attitudes of individuals in Arabic-speaking places around the world. In addition to the scale adaptation study, the media and technology usage and attitudes of the participants were examined according to their independent variables such as gender, marital status, department, internet ownership, age, university, daily internet usage and weekly internet usage and the results were presented in detail within the scope of the study.