SOCIAL MEDIA AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS INNIGERIA: IMPACTS ON PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY
Socialmediaandeducationalinstitutionsaremeansofhumanemancipationfromignorance,theadvancementhumanandthetransferofknowledge.Theadventofsocialmediahasalmostreplacedcompletelytheconventional/ownedmedia,vis-à-vistheradio,television,newspapersandmagazines.SocialmediaandeducationalinstitutionsinNigeriatho...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mayanjuola Publ
2021
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| In: |
Religions' educator
Year: 2021, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 119-125 |
| Further subjects: | B
Social media
B educational institutions B Nigeria B participatory democracy |
| Summary: | Socialmediaandeducationalinstitutionsaremeansofhumanemancipationfromignorance,theadvancementhumanandthetransferofknowledge.Theadventofsocialmediahasalmostreplacedcompletelytheconventional/ownedmedia,vis-à-vistheradio,television,newspapersandmagazines.SocialmediaandeducationalinstitutionsinNigeriathoughhasitspositiveimpacts,butarealsoembeddedwithmanyothervices.Itisalsoaknownfact,thatdemocracywillonlythrivewhenmajorityofthepeopleareinvolvedingovernance,that’sparticipatorydemocracy.Democracywithoutthepeoplecannotbedescribedasarealdemocracyandcannotwithstandthetestoftime.TheaimofthispaperistoexaminetheimpactsofsocialmediaandtheeducationalinstitutionsonparticipatorydemocracyinNigeria.Thepaperadoptsqualitativeresearchmethodology.Someofthemajorimpactofsocialmediaandeducationalinstitutionsidentifiedbythepaperare;sourcesofenlightenment,meansofdrugabuseandaddiction,peddlingoffakenewsandspreadofviolence.Thepaperrecommendsthat,citizensthatuseeitherthesocialmediaortheeducationalinstitutionsforillegalandunconstitutionalactivitiesshouldbesanctionedappropriatelyandbroughttojusticeontime,asjusticedelayed,istantamounttojusticedenied. |
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| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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