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Investigating the Seeking Behavior for Religious Information in Social Media

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  • Abdullah Almobarraz

    (College of Computer & Information Sciences, Department of Information Management, Al-Imam University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

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Reading and learning about religious information is a habit that Saudis practice to increase their understanding of Islamic rules. It is common now for people to learn about religion from social media. Therefore, the study reports on a survey that was distributed to people in Saudi Arabia to investigate the use of social media technologies for religious information seeking. The objective is to determine if Saudis utilize social media to search for religious information and to understand their information-seeking behaviors when using such a resource. In addition, the study is an attempt to investigate how religious information on social media changes and influences people, and what obstacles and difficulties Saudis encounter when they use social media to obtain religious information.

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  • Abdullah Almobarraz, 2016. "Investigating the Seeking Behavior for Religious Information in Social Media," International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC), IGI Global, vol. 7(4), pages 67-79, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jissc0:v:7:y:2016:i:4:p:67-79
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