Exploring political activities in the Saudi Twitterverse

Authors:
Hend S. Al-Khalifa
Affiliations:
King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Venue:
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications and Services
Year:
2011

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Abstract

With the rapid growth of social networks, Twitter provides a dynamic and powerful social tool for discussing political issues. In fact, in Saudi Arabia, discussing political issues over Twitter has become a popular phenomenon among young Saudi citizens. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a pilot study to understand the underlying social structure of youth Saudi citizens' interaction and discussion of political issues over Twitter using the theory of Social Network Analysis (SNA). The result of SNA reveals relevant differences in the patterns of interconnection among different political topics. It also provides an insight into sociological characteristics of modern political issues in Saudi Arabia.