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RUNNING HEAD: THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN KUWAIT 1
The impact of social media in Kuwait
Sara Adel Ismaeil
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ENGL 110 Section 55
Gulf University for Science and Technology

THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN KUWAIT 2
The impact of social media in Kuwait
Social media has a huge impact on our world today, because it has the ability to be engaged with
millions of people all over the world. In 2014, the number of Internet penetration is Kuwait has grown 92%
compared to 2015 which the Internet penetration was 96%, it almost went up 4%. The surprising thing about
this that not everyone knows is that 97% of the users are male, and 92% are women.”Al-Nahedh, Hind,
(2016)”. Social media is an important issue nowadays especially in Kuwait. Online networking in Kuwait is
a twofold edged sword, 72% of the Kuwaitis utilizes social media more than five hours per day. “Newspaper
of Kuwait Times, (2016)”. The number of the users just keeps growing almost every year. In addition, it’s