Perceptions of university professors in the Kurdistan Region of the repercussions of confidential documents leaked from WikiLeaks

Abstract

Perceptions of University Staff in relgon of Kurdestan to the
Phenomenon of Publishing Classified Documents in the Site
"Wikileaks"
Dr.Rasheed H. Ahmed
Art College/ Uneversity of Salah Al-Deen
ABSTRACT
The current research aims to identify the nature of
perceptions (positive, negative) held by the university staff to the
phenomenon of publishing classified documents in the site
"Wikileaks",as well as to detect significant differences in these
perceptions according to the variables: gender, age,

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specialization, the certificate and the scientific title and university
from which he graduated.
The research dependent on a questioner included 36 paragraph,
for each paragraph there is five alternatives for the answer. Been
applied to a sample of (180) staff member were randomly
selected from the universities of Salah al-Din, Sulaymaniyah and
Dohuk in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
After analyzing the data statistically the results showed
that respondents have positive perceptions were about (29)
paragraph within the paragraphs of the survey. And showing no
significant differences in perceptions according to the variables
of sex, age, degree and the university from which he graduated,
while there was significant differences in perceptions due the
variables of specialization and scientific title