Maria Kisugu, Obun-Andy and Tolulope Abayomi, ALUKO and Babatunde, ABDULQUADIR (2021) ASSESSING THE PLACE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND INSECURITY IN NIGERIA. In: 1st ASUP National Conference of Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi Chapter,, 6th – 7th July, 2021, Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi.
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Abstract
This paper is an empirical research targeted at assessing the place of social media and insecurity in Nigeria. The role of social media in facilitating insecurity and identifying the dominant social media platform used in Nigeria. To achieve this objective, the paper first reviewed relevant works done in the past in order to look at the issue of social media and insecurity in Nigeria. Using the survey research design, the study collected empirical data from a sample of 200 social media users across various platforms using questionnaire. The data were analysed in simple percentages and presented in tables and charts. Findings of this research work exposed that social media affects the Nigerian security system to a large extent through dissemination of fake information and extremist ideologies. Findings of the study also revealed that WhatsApp and Facebook were the leading platforms used in promoting insecurity in the country. In conclusion, the study therefore sees social media as playing both the good and bad role in the fight against insecurity in Nigeria. The study recommended that the Nigerian populace should try as much as possible to curtail disseminating and encouraging of aggressive, insulting and false news that may result in communal hate as well as insecurity reports taking place in social media platforms.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2022 11:34 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2022 11:34 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/2040 |
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