SOCIAL MEDIA AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS INNIGERIA: IMPACTS ON PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY
Socialmediaandeducationalinstitutionsaremeansofhumanemancipationfromignorance,theadvancementhumanandthetransferofknowledge.Theadventofsocialmediahasalmostreplacedcompletelytheconventional/ownedmedia,vis-à-vistheradio,television,newspapersandmagazines.SocialmediaandeducationalinstitutionsinNigeriatho...
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Type de support: | Imprimé Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Mayanjuola Publ
2021
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Dans: |
Religions' educator
Année: 2021, Volume: 20, Numéro: 1, Pages: 119-125 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
educational institutions
B Nigeria B Réseaux sociaux B participatory democracy |
Résumé: | 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 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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