ABSTRACT
Problem: The problem of the study can be formed in this main question "What is therelationship between citizen journalism and the freedom of speech and opinion on the social network Facebook?"
Aim: The main aim of this study is to know the relationship between citizen journalism and the freedom of speech and opinion on the social networking Facebook in light of the gatekeeper theory
Type and Method: This study belongs to the descriptive studies, which are aimed describe the relationship between citizen journalism and freedom of speech and opinion on the social networking Facebook in light of the "gatekeeper"theory, based on the descriptive survey method
Sample: The researcher choose 150 of EgyptianFacebook users, from the aged group [18-35] years, were selected randomly by the social networking Facebook search engine, and the analysis of the content by comparison between four types of pages on social networking Facebook, including, [a personal page, General page, open group page, closed group page], using industrial week for three months, during the period of analysis from [01/01/ 2015] to [31/ 032015]
Tools: Online Questionnaire Form, and Content Analysis Form
Results: The study proved the validity of the first hypothesis, which states that "there is statistically significant relationship between the characteristics and the demographic attributes of the citizen journalist [as a gatekeeper], and the use of citizen journalist to the social networking Facebook", The study proved the validity of the third hypothesis, which states, "There is statistically significant relationship between the use of contact-based media as a gatekeeper to the social networking Facebook to communicate and freedom of speech and opinion", and The study proved the validity of the third hypothesis, which states that "there is statistically significant relationship between the media gate keeping process, and the freedom of speech and opinion on the social networking Facebook