The Potential of Political Changes in the Information Age

2015 ◽  
pp. 2278-2300
Author(s):  
Anas Alahmed
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Public ◽  
Citizen Activism ◽  
The Public Sphere

In non-democratic societies new media social networks have played a significant role in changing political and social positions, not necessarily through real life but, instead, through cyber life. This chapter examines how Saudi activists challenge the political authority and how Saudi citizens took advantage of publicity by demanding political change. All of this happened due to social networks and new media, which allowed citizens to mobilize information for the sake of transparency. This was a new phenomenon in Saudi Arabia. The current young generation of Saudis, who use the Internet and social networking sites, played a significant role in the public sphere by making use of the space available to them within cyberspace. This chapter discusses the potential of political information to flourish in Saudi Arabia. It examines how and why citizen activism in Saudi Arabia can be effective. The chapter also shows that social networking activities have the power to change political decisions and society.

The Potential of Political Changes in the Information Age

2014 ◽  
pp. 37-59
Author(s):  
Anas Alahmed
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Public ◽  
Citizen Activism ◽  
The Public Sphere

In non-democratic societies new media social networks have played a significant role in changing political and social positions, not necessarily through real life but, instead, through cyber life. This chapter examines how Saudi activists challenge the political authority and how Saudi citizens took advantage of publicity by demanding political change. All of this happened due to social networks and new media, which allowed citizens to mobilize information for the sake of transparency. This was a new phenomenon in Saudi Arabia. The current young generation of Saudis, who use the Internet and social networking sites, played a significant role in the public sphere by making use of the space available to them within cyberspace. This chapter discusses the potential of political information to flourish in Saudi Arabia. It examines how and why citizen activism in Saudi Arabia can be effective. The chapter also shows that social networking activities have the power to change political decisions and society.

The Potential of Political Changes in the Information Age

2015 ◽  
pp. 1549-1571
Author(s):  
Anas Alahmed
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Public ◽  
Citizen Activism ◽  
The Public Sphere

In non-democratic societies new media social networks have played a significant role in changing political and social positions, not necessarily through real life but, instead, through cyber life. This chapter examines how Saudi activists challenge the political authority and how Saudi citizens took advantage of publicity by demanding political change. All of this happened due to social networks and new media, which allowed citizens to mobilize information for the sake of transparency. This was a new phenomenon in Saudi Arabia. The current young generation of Saudis, who use the Internet and social networking sites, played a significant role in the public sphere by making use of the space available to them within cyberspace. This chapter discusses the potential of political information to flourish in Saudi Arabia. It examines how and why citizen activism in Saudi Arabia can be effective. The chapter also shows that social networking activities have the power to change political decisions and society.

scholarly journals The Impact of Online Information Chaos on the Credibility of Social Networks: A field Study on a Sample of the public of Social Network: تأثير فوضى المعلومات الإلكترونية على مصداقية شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي - دراسة ميدانية على عينة من جمهور شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي-

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amira Ahmed Suleiman
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
New Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Online Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Lack Of Control ◽  
The Impact

The study seeks to study the chaos of information on social networks, their impact on the credibility of these networks, the identification of forms of information chaos in the social networks, the degree of public confidence in the information they deal with, their sense of information chaos, Through social networking sites. The study was conducted on (378) individual subscribers of different social networks, "Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter."  Results: One of the most important findings of the study is that more than half of the sample of the study feel the chaos of information on social networks, due to the large number of accounts on the networks and the increase of anonymous information, as well as the lack of control over the information published on those networks. There are also many forms of information chaos on social networks: anonymous information, privacy violations, infringement of intellectual property rights and rights of publishers, the proliferation of counterfeit and contradictory information, the manufacture and dissemination of viruses, breaches and disruption of devices, and multiple personal or institutional accounts. The researcher recommends the need to pay attention to the enactment of media legislation and laws related to the new media environment for social networking sites to reduce the chaos of information and privacy protection, and to raise awareness of the importance of social networking sites and the Publishing Standards through courses and workshops to reduce the chaos.

Attachment Needs and Social Networking Sites

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 43S-52S ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahire Efe Özad ◽  
Gülen Uygarer
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Human Need

Attachment is a significant human need throughout life. Recent developments in communication technologies indicate that social networking sites (SNS) play a significant role in forming relationships. In addition to forming real-life relationships, students also form new relationships and maintain already existing relationships through SNS. In other words, in line with uses and gratifications theory, new media are used to gratify students' needs. In this study conducted in 2011, we compared real-life friendships with friendships formed through SNS, in fulfilling the attachment needs of students at the English Preparatory School at the Eastern Mediterranean University. We found statistically significant differences between attachments formed in real life and those formed through SNS. Therefore, we determined that SNS play a significant role in satisfying the need for attachment among young people who are at the outset of their tertiary education.

scholarly journals WHO CONTROLS THE ARAB PUBLIC SPHERE IN THE ERA OF NEW MEDIA, THE NEW REVOLUTIONISTS OR THE DEEP STATE?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 312-323
Author(s):  
Nawaf Abdelhay Altamimi
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Public ◽  
Deep State ◽  
The Web

Recent events in Arab countries, particularly in Tunisia, Egypt have shown that new modes of communications such as Mobile phones and social networking sites have facilitated civil society's organization by allowing a timely exchange of opinions and ideas. Youth protesters in uprising societies have recognised the value of Mechanisms in which the public can meet and discuss and share ideas openly, recognise problems and suggest solutions (Caplan and Boyd, 2016). Those Young demonstrators have taken to social media such as Facebook and Twitter online to organize social prodemocracy movements and start the revolution, demonstrating how the Web-based platforms have become a crucial alternative media instrument for advocacy in today's Digital Age. (Kenix, 2009).

scholarly journals The #nofilter Self: The Contest for Authenticity among Social Networking Sites, 2002–2016

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith Salisbury ◽  
Jefferson Pooley
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
English Language ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Promotional Material ◽  
Web Presence ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Services ◽  
Promotional Materials

This study traces appeals to authenticity, over time, in the promotional material of leading social-networking sites (SNSs). Using the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, the public-facing websites of major SNS platforms—beginning with Friendster in 2002—were sampled at six-month intervals, with promotional language and visuals examined for authenticity claims. The authors tracked these appeals, with attention to changes in promotional copy, through to July 2016, among the most popular social media services (as determined by English-language web presence and active monthly user figures or, when unavailable, reported network size). The study found that nearly all SNSs invoked authenticity—directly or through language like “real life” and “genuine”—in their promotional materials. What stood out was the profoundly reactive nature of these claims, with new services often defining themselves, openly or implicitly, against legacy services’ inauthenticity. A recurring marketing strategy, in other words, has been to call out competitors’ phoniness by substituting (and touting) some other, differently grounded mode of authenticity. Since the affordances of social sites, even those touting evanescence or anonymity, make them vulnerable to similar charges, the cycle gets replayed with numbing regularity.

scholarly journals Img-Shelter : Privacy Protection of Images In Online Social Networks Using Watermarking Scheme

2019 ◽  
pp. 110-120
Author(s):  
P. Ponvasan ◽  
M. Muthusangari
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Information Privacy ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Computational Time

Social networking sites are very useful in sharing information, making friends and keeping in touch with old friends. It is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks and social elation among peoples for sharing interests, activities, backgrounds, or real-life connections. But with the increasing demand of social networking sites (SNS) privacy and security concern have also increased. Protecting personal information privacy has become a controversial issue among online social network providers and users. Most social network providers have developed several techniques to decrease threats and risks to the users’ privacy. These risks include the misuse of personal information which may lead to illegal acts such as identity theft. This study aims to measure the awareness of users on protecting their personal information privacy, as well as the suitability of the privacy systems which they use to modify privacy settings. In this paper, categorize the picture as sensitive or normal. If it is sensitive means, perform copyrights algorithms. Then provide the permission to the receiver end for download the images in secure manner. Experimental result can be shows that in real time environments using C#.NET as front end and SQL SERVER as back end and comparative study of existing algorithms based on computational time and privacy rate.

The impact of social networks in the development of a personal sports brand

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Robert Green
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Rugby Union ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – Over the past two decades the subject and growth of social media has been exponential, along with its relevance to the sport marketing industry. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the strategic usage of social networking websites to develop the concept of a personal brand by international rugby union players. Design/methodology/approach – This study was embedded within an interpretivist paradigm that allowed the qualitative examination of the way international rugby players use social networking sites. The primary data collection method involved ten semi-structured interviews and was triangulated with secondary sources which involved visiting the three social networking sites utilised by all the players (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram). Findings – The research analysis revealed personal branding themes that can be classified according to the following mnemonic: personality, exposure, response, follow, endorse, consistent, and target audience (PERFECT). Research limitations/implications – This study has focused entirely upon international rugby union players; therefore no claim is made for generalisability to other contexts. A potential area for future research lies in replicating this study in different sport settings in order to identify whether the identified contextual factors also play a role outside of international rugby union and for different gender, playing-level or social media categories. Practical implications – This study has reinforced that, within “real-life” social networking contexts, the development of an online profile can help create differentiation for players in a highly competitive market, especially if they share similar “sporting” characteristics with colleagues or other athletes. This research highlights that the utilisation of social networks by sports athletes has to become part of a strategic marketing approach. Originality/value – The author draws attention to the theoretical position based on the PERFECT mnemonic offering sports athletes a framework to develop a successful online branding strategy. The central premise is based on emphasising uniqueness and distinction to offer a competitive advantage by delivering added value throughout various communications.

Going Online: Saudi Female Intellectual Preachers in the New Media

2020 ◽  
pp. 107-131
Author(s):  
Laila Makboul
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Public Criticism

This chapter examines the phenomenon of female intellectual preachers (dāʿiyāt muthaqqafāt) in Saudi Arabia, their engagement in the new media and by extension their participation in the public sphere. Having their public participation conditioned on preserving strict physical gender segregation, this chapter argues that the new media have facilitated the engagement and presence of the dāʿiyāt muthaqqafāt in the wider public on an unprecedented level. However, new challenges in terms of transgressions of constructed gender norms and exposure to increased public criticism and political vulnerability have also followed their presence in the new media. Consequently, this chapter contends that although the new media has been utilized to permeate the public sphere and, in many ways, has revolutionized their public participation, it has also altered the engagement of dāʿiyāt muthaqqafāt in profound ways and ultimately exposed them to greater social and political vulnerability.

scholarly journals “Twitter Me This, Twitter Me That.” The Marketization of Brands Through Social Networking Sites.

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-46
Author(s):  
Rachel S Demerling
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Interactive Media ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mass Society ◽  
Interactive Relationship ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Relationship

The past several years have witnessed the emergence of interactive media with social networking sites. Facebook, MySpace and Twitter have all become increasingly popular social marketing tools for many companies which substantially changed the role of the consumer from a passive target to an active participant. Through the interactive relationship companies establish with their online customers, users of SNS have become agents of their own consumption and co-producers of the brand. Although the relationship between the retailer and consumer is unparalleled, it is one that is necessary with the increasing fragmentation in the public sphere. SNS have become largely successful because they give individuals the opportunity to create identities online and retailers have complemented that by giving consumers control over the design and production of their products. However, I argue that this perceived control is merely an ideological fallacy of individualism that is predetermined and reproduces conformity in mass society.

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