From pen pals to chat rooms: the impact of social media on Middle Eastern Society

Abstract

In this article, we will discuss what is known about a surprisingly popular phenomenon in the Middle East—the use of social media to communicate. We will begin with a discussion of what “social media” sites are (sites such as Facebook, Your Middle East, YouTube, Flickr, Muslima.com, chat rooms, and instant messaging) and point out how common they are in the Middle East. Next, we will discuss the reasons why men and women are currently using Internet and social media. Finally, we will discuss what impact social media have had on politics, political dissent, education, and men’s and women’s relationships—and the impact they might be expected to have in future years. Finally, we will focus on the impact of such media on men’s and women’s relationships—including cross-gender friendships, romantic relationships, and sexual relationships.

Digital romance: the sources of online love in the Muslim world

“…Gender matters. As we saw in the descriptive statistics, men are more likely to use online dating and to arrange dates using the Internet, consistent with previous research that finds men are more active on these media networks in talking to and seeking romantic partners (Arora et al, 2017; Chakraborty, 2012; Hatfield and Rapson, 2015).…”

“…We asked respondents whether they used the Internet to access online dating websites, and to arrange dates. In the Muslim world, online dating has increasingly taken its place among other mate selection strategies (Hatfield and Rapson, 2015). 2 Online dating usually refers to an online matchmaking platform with user profiles that remain anonymous until the matched individuals decide to meet offline.…”

The Proposed Development of Prototype with Secret Messages Model in Whatsapp Chat

“…The message is then sent to the providers (2) plaintext as the origin, (3) step for message encryption process (MEP) then sent to the chatting system in the smart phone (4) receive encrypted message to send to receivers through providers. (5) ISP only receive message than cannot be read the originality and then sent to the receivers as the destination (6).…”

“…Chatting based communication has been done by many people of smartphone users because of its effectiveness and efficiency [2], [4]- [6]. Communication by chatting is a form of the most effective textual communication used [4], e.g.…”

Online social networking usage and frequency of Depression in Undergraduate University students

“…Now a days online health disciplines are allowing their clients/ patients to share their problems and issues [2] . The internet and social media are used for social interaction [3] . Worldwide internet users are 3.2 billion [4] .…”