Political online communities in Saudi Arabia: The major players

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-140

  Himma, Ken ^a   Hongladarom, Soraj ^a   Al Saggaf, Yeslam ^a   Einar Himma, Kenneth ^b   Kharabsheh, Radwan ^c  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Censorship; Internet; Islam; Politics; Religious fundamentalism; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993044952     PISSN: 1477996X     EISSN: 17588871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14779960810888329     Document Type: Article

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