Social media: a precursor to escalated political violence in nigeria

Adetola, Obatunde Bright (2016) Social media: a precursor to escalated political violence in nigeria. Journal of Media and Social Development, 6 (1). pp. 56-68. ISSN 2320-8244

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Abstract

The Little Media has become veritable means of communications in the recent times such that it cannot be taken for granted by any public office seeker. Its reach is unimaginable and its impact is unfathomable. It is only the uninitiated or geriatric politicians that will joke with the importance of the Little Media. In these Media, there are outlets such as Naija Politics, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and so on and they have contributed tremendously on information sharing with the speed of light. Such outlets have become a battleground for cyber warriors who give information on many political issues in Nigeria and they most times misinform (as well) due of the youthful nature of the participants, who are not careful to verify the news items (they have because of the false impression that their identity could be hidden). The paper argues that the little media has become a very potent battleground that serves as a dangerous precursor to visible physical violence in Nigeria’s political space in the last few years of return to democracy. It however conclude that the false impression of ‘hidden identity’ the youth have to perpetuate unfounded political distortion of facts to harass political opponents will begin to fade away if and only if Nigerian politicians know and believe that applies, online and offline

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Social media, Internet, Politicians, Cyber Warriors, Defamation, Media Ownership
Subjects:	A Arts and Humanities > Sociology
Divisions:	Department of > Sociology
Depositing User:	Dr Raju C
Date Deposited:	19 Jul 2021 06:03
Last Modified:	10 Feb 2023 05:17
URI:	http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/16871

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