2017
DOI: 10.15655/mw/2017/v8i2/49011
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Social Impact of Digital Media: Growth Pattern of Facebook in the Arab World

Abstract: and Yemen. This research focuses on the use of .acebook by a selected group called Open Media Library (OML) which have interests in social media use. The aim of this research is to understand how and why users utilise .acebook and what their attitudes and perceptions are towards the purposes of .acebook. It examines how OML users utilise information and knowledge posted on .acebook, their preferred topics and motivations and the gratifications they obtained. As stated in the literature, this research confirms … Show more

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“…For example, they perceived WhatsApp as a way of enabling them to communicate easily, and a means of re-connecting with old friends and introducing events and issues. These findings are in agreement with several studies that have highlighted use of social media (WhatsApp) (Alhabash, Park, Kononova, Chiang, & Wise, 2012;Dunne, Lawlor, & Rowley, 2010;Manca & Ranieri, 2016;Raacke & Bonds-Raacke, 2008;Ziani, Elareshi, & Alrashid, 2017).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…For example, they perceived WhatsApp as a way of enabling them to communicate easily, and a means of re-connecting with old friends and introducing events and issues. These findings are in agreement with several studies that have highlighted use of social media (WhatsApp) (Alhabash, Park, Kononova, Chiang, & Wise, 2012;Dunne, Lawlor, & Rowley, 2010;Manca & Ranieri, 2016;Raacke & Bonds-Raacke, 2008;Ziani, Elareshi, & Alrashid, 2017).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…The current results may also be associated with those studies that have highlighted the gratifications obtained from using social media (WhatsApp) (see, e.g. Dunne et al, 2010; Manca and Ranieri, 2016; Raacke and Bonds-Raacke, 2008; Ziani et al, 2017).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 75%
“…For example, social media were heavily used during the 2011 Arab uprisings (Alqabra, 2012; Castells, 2007; Gunter and Elareshi, 2016; Jones, 2013). Others see them as a turning point in campaigns such as women’s rights and in women attaining social and civic positions in Egypt (Abdel-Fadil, 2014), Morocco (El Haitami, 2014), Saudi Arabia (Al-Harbi, 2010; Khamis, 2014), Libya (Ziani et al, 2017), and Bahrain (Khamis and Alwadi, 2015). The emphasis in these studies is on how Arab women have utilized such platforms to seek their rights and to seek equality in their region, as well as for leisure and entertainment.…”
Section: Related Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%
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