THE ROLE OF TWITTER HASHTAGS IN GULF STATES
Journal: Qatar University QSpace (Qatar University)
Year: 2016

Traditional and state-controlled media in the Arabian Gulf have always been censored and controlled. Therefore, social media, such as Twitter, have replaced the traditional media and the way media is handled. Twitter has become an important tool in many places worldwide because of the existing censorship on state-owned media, the ease of use, and the rapidity of publishing information on Twitter as opposed as to other media forms. Thus, with Twitter being one of the most widely used social media