The Impact of New Media on Child Socialization" Appliedre Search on Basic Education Schools in Muscat Governorate –Sultanate of Oman

The impact of new media on child socialization " Applied research on basic education schools in Muscat – Oman Dr. Emad Farouk Saleh Assistant Professor Sultan Qaboos University Dr. Anwar El-Rawas Associate Professor Sultan Qaboos University The problem of the current research represents an attempt to identify the positive and negative effects of new media on the socialization process of the Omani children through a number of core dimensions: language, identity, values and religious practices. Also the research included some main concepts such as: new media, Internet, social networks and socialization as well as some sub-concepts such as: language, identity, values and religious practices. The research aims to identify the impact of the new media on the socialization process of the Omani children This is an exploratory research. It depends on the descriptive method, and uses a social survey questionnaire administered to a sample of 270 pupils from 9 primary schools in Muscat. Finally, the research is expected to come out with some important findings concerning to the impacts of exposure pupils to new media on the basis of which the research will make Key Words: New Media – Social Networks- Socialization- Language - Identity - Values - Religious Practices.