Sacred Signals: Event-Responsive and Targeted Propaganda in Saudi Friday Khutbahs (2002–2024)

• In Event: Managing Religion and Moral Authority: Between Authoritarian Maintenance and Empowering Dissent

Brief Overview

I test whether state-linked khutbahs shift with events and concentrate propaganda frames in high-salience venues. Using AraBERT on Mecca/Medina sermons (2002–2024), I model obedience, religio-nationalism, and crisis reframing.

Author

• Ramazan Oduncu, Indiana University, Bloomington