• DocumentCode
    114245
  • Title

    Examining the level of trust of Saudis towards the social media

  • Author

    Dimitrios, Xanthidis ; Violettas, George

  • Author_Institution
    IMSIU Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    26-28 April 2014
  • Firstpage
    586
  • Lastpage
    589
  • Abstract
    It is a known fact that Saudis make very heavy use of all types of information technologies, especially smartphone texting and social media socializing. The question is what are the deeper qualities of this behavior and how do they impact the Saudi society overall. This is one part of the study of Social Media impact in Saudi Arabia and is focusing on the motives or obstacles for revealing, or not, one´s true identity over the social networks. The results of this preliminary qualitative study suggest Saudis are reluctant to accept the motivations for such an action but they don´t seem to agree with the proved concerns related to the threads associated with it.
  • Keywords
    social aspects of automation; social networking (online); Saudi Arabia; Saudi society; Saudis trust; information technologies; smartphone texting; social media impact; social media socializing; social networks; Communities; Educational institutions; Internet; Media; Privacy; Social network services; Sociology; Identity Disclosure; Motives and Obstacles; Saudi Arabia; Social Media;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Science and Technology (ICIST), 2014 4th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shenzhen
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIST.2014.6920546
  • Filename
    6920546