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This chapter offers background accounts on the use of various social media outlets in the Arab world with emphasis on YouTube. It also provides full details on the methodology and theoretical accounts on online religion, flaming, social movements, online activism, extremism, online communities, and selective exposure because of their relevance to the scope of this study.

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Al-Rawi, A. (2017). Theoretical Framework and Methodology. In: Islam on YouTube. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39826-0_2

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