SOCIAL MEDIA AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS INNIGERIA: IMPACTS ON PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY
Socialmediaandeducationalinstitutionsaremeansofhumanemancipationfromignorance,theadvancementhumanandthetransferofknowledge.Theadventofsocialmediahasalmostreplacedcompletelytheconventional/ownedmedia,vis-à-vistheradio,television,newspapersandmagazines.SocialmediaandeducationalinstitutionsinNigeriatho...
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| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Mayanjuola Publ
2021
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| In: |
Religions' educator
Anno: 2021, Volume: 20, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 119-125 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Social media
B educational institutions B Nigeria B participatory democracy |
| Riepilogo: | 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 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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