Onderzoek

Bronnen


Saudi-Arabia:
http://comm215.wetpaint.com/page/Social+Media+Habits+in+Saudi+Arabia
http://www.dsg.ae/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=D5VOQg4MsB0=
http://www.willembikker.nl/tag/indonesie/


Info



Saudi-Arabia:


Social Media Habits
As mentioned earlier, Saudi Arabia has a very young and very rapidly increasing number of internet users. 
Given the fact that the many Saudi Arabian internet users have only recently (within the last three years) started using the internet, 
their internet habits have not reached a high level of sophistication.


From what we have gathered, most internet users in Saudi Arabia :
Are very interested in the general news in the regions - They use the internet to read and comment on news websites
Value their anonymity - They choose to chat with their friends within their own communities (Through a private messenger such as MSN messenger). 
This is opposed to using social networking sites such as facebook (as of the time of this writing, 
only about 3% of all Saudi Arabian Internet users were on Facebook which is the most popular social networking site in Saudi Arabia.)
Prefer to converse in Arabic - as can be observed from their list of most popular websites.


Facts and Figures
Men are more likely to have access to Internet than the women
Majority of the Internet users are college and high school graduates and a large portion is concentrated in three major cities i.e., Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah.
Majority of the users pay the cost of the Internet connection and regular users access it from home.
A large number of occasional users prefer public facilities.
Slow Internet speed, delay to download pages and cost of access are some of the major difficulties faced by the users.
Majority of the Internet users in Saudi Arabia are new to this medium.
More experienced users spend more time on-line than the new users.
Men spend more time on-line for work related activities
Women spend more time for fun related activities.
This medium is helping people to be more connected to like-minded people,in particular familymembers, people in the same profession and people sharing similar hobbies.
Internet use affects other social and personal patterns of behavior, in particular watching TV, reading books and talking on phone.
Majority of the Internet users in Saudi Arabia agree that eCommerce will make life easier.
In businesses, Internet is being used for training and development.
Currently majority of the users prefer not to take on-line courses on the Internet because these courses are not considered equivalent to regular courses in the country. 


Meest bezochte website ins SA:


http://au.download.windowsupdate.com
http://www.mubasher.com.sa
http://rad.msn.com
http://images.google.com.sa
http://www.saudistocks.com
http://www.google.com.sa
http://us.bc.yahoo.com
http://liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com
http://www.google-analytics.com
http://mail.google.com
http://www.google.com
http://msgr.dlservice.microsoft.com
http://images.google.com
http://download.windowsupdate.com
http://www.musahim.biz
http://www.hawamer.com
http://www.ratteb.com
http://www.microsoft.com
http://tchat.habibti.com
http://www.qiran.com
http://sambafeed.samba.com
http://www.yahoo.com
http://www.6rb.com
http://arabia.msn.com
http://www.daleel.net
http://login.live.com
http://4alarb.com
http://update.microsoft.com
http://forum.hawaaworld.com
http://mail.opi.yahoo.com
http://www.aljazeera.net
http://www.hotmail.msn.com
http://www.alarabiya.net
http://www.eqla3.com
http://www.mubasher.net
http://www.geocities.com
http://www.alwatan.com.sa
http://www.alfrasha.com
http://www.travel4arab.com
http://storage.msn.com
http://www.6rbtop.com
http://www.tadawul.com.sa
http://www.9661.com
http://loginnet.passport.com
http://alsaha.fares.net
http://www.thegulfbiz.com


The total number of Facebook users in the Arab world stands at 21,361,863 (Dec. 2010), up from 11,978,300 
(Jan. 2010). A 78% annual growth rate.
• At the end of 2010, the country average for Facebook user penetration in the Arab region was 6.77%.
• The UAE has the highest penetration rate in the Arab region, with more than 45% of the population having 
Facebook accounts.
• GCC countries dominate the top five Arab FB users as percentage of population, with Lebanon being the 
only exception.
• With around 4.7 million Facebook users, Egypt constitutes about 22% of total users in the Arab region.
• Youth (between the ages of 15 and 29) make up 75% of Facebook users in the Arab region.
• Gender breakdown of Facebook users indicates an average 2:1 ratio of male to female users in the Arab 
region, compared to almost 1:1 globally.


While 93.9 per cent of Saudi Arabia's households have Satellite TV, 
some 48.4 per cent of households still tune into terrestrial TV