Damascus-Sana
For the second day in a row, the youth dialogue sessions in Syrian universities, supervised by the Executive Office of the National Union of Syrian Students, continued to discuss topics related to rumors and lies and their impact on society in general and youth in particular in light of the fourth generation wars and the terminology war.
In the sessions held at the conference hall of the University of Damascus, Dr. Boutros Hallak, Head of Public Relations at the Faculty of Information, gave a presentation on the concept of rumors and types and ways to face them in the light of psychological warfare targeting the Syrian people in conjunction with the victories of our army in the field, noting the level of responsibility and scientific and cultural awareness owned by the youth Syrian and openness and diversity of ideas and experiences.
Darin Suleiman, member of the Executive Office of the National Union of Syrian Students and Head of the Office of Special Education and Informatics, pointed out that Syria is currently facing a war with new tools represented by means of communication and modern technology to negatively impact public opinion and dismantle and weaken Syrian society.
Najla Ali, from the Faculty of Information at Damascus University, considered that the role of youth is essential in facing the fourth generation wars aimed at destabilizing society by spreading rumors, pointing out the role of family and educational institutions in this field, while the student Alissar al-Hajali from the Faculty of Arts to the importance of raising awareness and strengthening The culture of constructive criticism in the media to counter all the rumors promoted in social media.
In the branch of Damascus University in Suwayda, the head of the branch of the National Union of Syrian Students in Suwayda, Wafa Al-Aflaq, stressed the need to educate young people about the strongest and most dangerous wars used by the West to dismantle countries.
From the University of Baath in Homs, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Education and the Moderator Dr. Fayez Yazbek said that the terminology war aims to influence the morale and resistance between Ali Hammadi, head of the branch of the National Union of Syrian Students at the university that these sessions aim to benefit from the ideas put forward by youth and harnessed in reconstruction And ages.
For his part, Gaby Ibrahim, a member of the leadership of the student union branch in the university and head of the Culture and Information Office, said that the most important factors that helped refute the rumors during the crisis are the awareness of the Syrian people and the role of the Syrian media and opinion leaders in showing the truth and uncovering conspiracies.
At the University of Tishreen, participants in the dialogue sessions called for speed, transparency and credibility in spreading the news in order not to allow misleading media to manipulate information and select qualified competencies in the electronic field to address the pages that distort the truth and broadcast lies.
Dr. Bashar Abbas, head of the history department at the university's faculty of arts, said that despite all difficulties, the national media has managed to win a great victory over the media war, and the Syrian youth proved that they have a great deal of awareness, cohesion, national unity and immunity enough to face these dangers.
The head of the student union branch at Tishreen University, Yusuf Shaheen, pointed out that the sessions aim to create entrepreneurship among the youth segment to find out all the issues that concern them, while the doctoral student at the Faculty of Agriculture Bashar Tobo called for finding official pages for each institution that publishes the correct and accurate information to reach the citizen Flour.
At the University of Tartous between the teacher at the Faculty of Economics, Dr. Zulfiqar Abboud that the aim of the dialogue sessions to know the trends and ideas of Syrian youth, as Sally Yacoub, a student in the Faculty of Dentistry that media misinformation on social networking sites negatively affect the minds of young people, so it is necessary to hold these sessions To raise awareness in this area.
From the University of Hama, Omar al-Arroub, member of the executive office of the union and head of the voluntary work office, said the sessions started with the participation of a group of educated and informed Syrian youth to discuss the challenges facing them and their proposals to solve them.
Ammar Sawas, head of the Aleppo Institutes branch of the National Union of Syrian Students, pointed to the importance of fighting rumors by publishing objective and transparent news.
From the Euphrates University, the head of Deir ez-Zor workers union Talal Alaiwi noted the great level of awareness shown by the youth through their dialogues and ideas, while the Taliban Mohammad Marwan and Mustafa Al-Anan confirmed that they learned during the dialogue sessions what are the terms that some are trying to promote and devote and how to be careful in dealing with them.
The aim of the youth dialogue sessions, which began yesterday in the Syrian universities and conclude tomorrow to discuss political, economic and social issues and the exchange of ideas that contribute to the challenges posed by the terrorist war.
