Netflix and Change: Tracking Cultural Flux in Autocracies
“Vikings is no. 1 from all the Saudi men 😂”. Le…
ROCKING OUR PRIORS · Dr Alice Evans
July 26, 202436m 39s
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Show Notes
“Vikings is no. 1 from all the Saudi men 😂”.
Leila chuckled as we browsed top hits on Netflix. For only 30 Riyals (8 USD) a month, Saudis can tune into stories about uncovered pagans. A global feast of delights are now on offer - from Western films to women’s football.
Rapid cultural change is afoot in Saudi Arabia, a unique experiment in top-down secularisation. But how can we as social scientists study such rapid cultural evolution in real-time, especially in an autocracy?
In this podcast, I’ll highlight some exciting new methodologies. Buckle up.