Title :
Examining the level of trust of Saudis towards the social media
Author :
Dimitrios, Xanthidis ; Violettas, George
Author_Institution :
IMSIU Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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;
Conference_Titel :
Information Science and Technology (ICIST), 2014 4th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shenzhen
DOI :
10.1109/ICIST.2014.6920546