Abstract
Understanding the motivations of young people's use of online social networks and the relationship with their human values is still receiving great attention from researchers. Previous studies have shown individuals both within and across societies have considerably different value preferences that reflect their enculturation, subjective experiences, social locations, and different genetic heritages. This study attempts to analyze the effect of Schwartz's basic human values on the moderation factor considered to be to central to Islamic values and how this moderation factor could influence the motivation of young people's use of online social networks. The survey data was collected from 520 young people across the greatest metropolitan region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the completion of a questionnaire. Structural equation modelling was deployed to test the research model hypothesis. The most relevant result was that strengthening the focus on social action inside and outside the society has a significant positive impact on the individual's Islamic moderation factor. This study stressed out that being a moderate motivates the young people to pay more attention to their family and friends in their use of online social networks and make them not submissive to foreigners in the virtual world.