The Internet and Youth Subculture in Kuwait

نویسنده

  • Deborah L. Wheeler
چکیده

Young people in Kuwait constitute both the highest concentration of Internet users (estimated to be approximately 63% of all Internet users in Kuwait)and the largest sector of Kuwaiti society. Moreover, as argued in this article, young people's Internet practices are likely to stimulate the most significant changes in Kuwaiti society. This article scrutinizes a handful of descriptions by young Kuwaiti of the importance and implication of the Internet in their lives.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • J. Computer-Mediated Communication

دوره 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003