The Gender Factor Effect on Saudi Learners’ Perceptions of Using Social Media on Their Social Interaction

Boushra Abdul-Aziz AlGhamdi, Shorouq Ali AL-Garni and Maysa M. Qutob

English Language Teaching, 2018, vol. 11, issue 10, 30

Abstract: This study compares males and females perception of the effect of social media on their social interaction to understand the difference between both genders. The study follows a mixed-method methodology using a questionnaire with closed-ended items and open-ended questions. Responses to the questionnaire are collected form 207 male and female students from a public university in Saudi Arabia. In general, the results of the questionnaire are insignificant which indicate that there are no differences between both genders. However, the results of the open-ended questions show that females have a negative view of the effect of social media on human relations while males have a positive point of view. However, both genders have a positive point of view regarding balancing between friends and family in real life and virtual world through time management.

Date: 2018
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