The Impact of Data Journalism on Jordanian Voters During the 2024 Parliamentary Elections

10.46988/IJMMC.07.01.2025.01

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the impact of data journalism on Jordanian voters during the 2024 parliamentary elections and their attitudes towards using data journalism during the elections, using a field survey method on a relative sample of (500) individuals from the Jordanian public. The study found that (4 1.3%) of respondents rely to a moderate degree on data journalism as a source of information about the 2024 Jordanian parliamentary elections. The most prominent reasons for this reliance were "its contribution to simplifying complex information and making it more understandable to the public," and the most prominent attitudes of respondents towards following data journalism were "it contributed to my knowledge of parties, candidates and their electoral programs," about the 2024 Jordanian parliamentary elections. The most prominent cognitive effects resulting from the respondents’ use of these platforms during the 2024 Jordanian parliamentary elections were “It taught me how to choose local and party lists,” while the most prominent emotional effects resulting from this use were “I was bored as a result of the repeated display of election campaigns on social media platforms,” while the most prominent behavioral effects were “Unwillingness to participate in the elections due to lack of trust in some former representatives ”.