Driving Opinions on Twitter: Social Identity Theory and Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia

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" Driving Opinions on Twitter: Social Identity Theory and Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia "
Almuyidi, Ghaliah Cruikshank, Sally Ann

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1056595
Doc. No	:	TL55712
Main Entry	:	Almuyidi, Ghaliah
Title & Author	:	Driving Opinions on Twitter: Social Identity Theory and Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia\ Almuyidi, GhaliahCruikshank, Sally Ann
College	:	Middle Tennessee State University
Date	:	2020
Degree	:	M.S.
student score	:	2020
Note	:	71 p.
Abstract	:	Saudi women were not allowed to drive until Sept. 26, 2017, when the Saudi King issued a statement recognizing the right of women driving. This study explored the kingdom's perception on women's rights by examining tweets announcing lifting of the ban on women's driving through the lens of Social Identity Theory. Using textual analysis, ten tweets and their replies (891 in total) were selected. Four were from official government accounts and six were from national news accounts. From the government tweets, positive attitudes represented 48%, while those with negative attitudes represented 22%. From the national media tweets, comments with positive attitudes represented 24%, while those with negative attitudes represented 43%. Overall, most of the negative responses came from male users. Also, according to the results, females represented 64% while males had 30% on their support for women driving.
Descriptor	:	Mass communications
	:	Middle Eastern studies
	:	Web studies
	:	Womens studies
Added Entry	:	Cruikshank, Sally Ann
Added Entry	:	Middle Tennessee State University