The impact of Arab cultural values on online social networking: The case of Facebook

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2387-2399

  Al Omoush, Khaled Saleh ^a   Yaseen, Saad Ghaleb ^a   Atwah Alma'Aitah, Mohammad ^b  

^a AL ZAYTOONAH UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arab cultural values; Attitudes; Facebook; Freedom of speech and expression; Motivations; Social Networking Sites (SNSs)

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; CULTURAL VALUE; FACEBOOK; FREEDOM OF SPEECH; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES;

MOTIVATION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84865638010     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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