Internet and social media use and religion among minority groups in Israel

The chapter focuses on the impact of social media within the context of two unique and largely understudied conservative religious minorities: the Druze and the Muslims in Israel. Developments in media have greatly accentuated the many challenges that both of these minorities currently face when it comes to the maintenance of their respective traditional cultural and societal norms. Combining both survey and interview data gathered in Israel, the chapter explores and compares the significantly different role of the Internet and social media in the religious lives of Muslim and Druze young adults.