Date of Award
11-28-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Radio-Television, MSMC
First Advisor
Mary Jackson-Pitts
Committee Members
Dinah Tetteh; Holly Hall
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2018 A43
Abstract
The use of social media platforms has grown in recent days. It is well known that social networks are one of the greatest methods that friendships are developed in this age of technology. The world has been reduced to a universal community with an increase in information technology which has influenced social forms such as relationships and friendship. This paper seeks to examine how the use of social media influences friendships in Saudi Arabia; further, this paper seeks to identify how the culture of Saudi Arabia influences the development of friendship. The study used an online survey which involved 407 people from Saudi Arabia This study revealed that most Saudis use social media to enhance and to make new friendships. Moreover, Saudi people believed that online relationships are better than relationships in real life, however, Saudi friendships on social media are weakly associated to the culture of Saudi Arabia.
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Alotaibi, Rayan Faleh, "Friendship in the age of social media in Saudi Arabia" (2018). Student Theses and Dissertations. 467.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/467
