1. ATTITUDE OF TERTIARY STUDENTS IN ABIA STATE TOWARDS INSTAGRAM SELFIES
Background Of The Study
Social media currently seem to take the centre stage in the field of information and communication technology(Nche, 2012). It has become an integral part of modern society. Consequently, social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter and In...
2. IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In the last few years, the social media phenomenon has become increasingly entertaining across the world. According to Alford, (2013), social media is a type of online media that expedites conversation as opposed to traditional media, which deliv...
3. AN EXAMINATION OF TWITTER BAN AND ITS IMPACT ON GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Background of the study
Transparency and accountability are essential for the effective operation of a contemporary democracy and the promotion of societal well-being. Many powers are allocated to governmental bodies in most countries. The delegators, t...
4. IMPACT OF TWITTER BAN ON GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
Transparency and accountability are critical for the efficient functioning of a modern democracy and for fostering social well-being. In most societies, many powers are delegated to public authorities. Some assuran...
5. EFFECT OF TWITTER BAN ON POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Social Networking have already transformed the national political landscape. In his 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama pioneered the application of big data and microtargeting o...
6. THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE IN TARABA STATE NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In the last few years, the social media phenomenon has become increasingly entertaining across the world. According to Bazley, (2016), social media is a type of online media that expedites conversation as opposed to traditional m...
7. THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS' READING CULTURE IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Globally, the concept of reading is one of the essential building blocks of learning, it is a process that requires the use of complex thought processes to interpret printed symbols as meaningful units, and to comprehend them as...
8. COMPARISON OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND RADIO STATIONS ON THE ASSESSMENT OF NEWS INFORMATION
Background of the Study
A century and half ago, communication between countries involved physical presence. Once, a reporter had to run as fast as possible back to the newsroom after interviewing and tried to beat the competition to print. Wit...
9. THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE)
Background Of The Study
The advent of the internet in the 1990s led to major developments in the world of communication. Today the Internet has taken a firm place in people's lives. It is difficult to imagine a young man who at least once a day did...
10. THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Background of the Study
Addiction to the usage of social network has greatly increased in contemporary times. The risk of its effects on the academic performance of the so many students that are involved in it is disturbing. In views of Karpinski...
11. ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOUTH VIOLENCE
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
With the advent of social media, it is rare for an event to happen without being unveiled or exposed through social networking sites. The EndSARS movement began in 2017, as Nigerian youth shared experiences of police brutality via social media and demonstrated in...
12. EFFECT OF TWITTER BAN ON POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Social Networking have already transformed the national political landscape. In his 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama pioneered the application of big data and microtargeting on social media, improvi...
13. EXAMINING THE ATTITUDE OF TERTIARY STUDENTS IN ABIA STATE TOWARDS INSTAGRAM SELFIES
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
A new genre of self- expression “Selfies” - amateur self-photographs, often shared with others through social networking sites (Weiser, 2018) has now become a common and popular gateways to online world, especially in the area of self-...
14. THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT
This study is set to examine the effect of social networking sites on the academic performance of senior secondary school students in Makurdi metropolis scrutinizing significantly on the effects of good educational practices such as note taking...
15. EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY: STUDY OF LEKKI ENDSARS PROTEST
Background of the Study
Police Brutality or extreme utilization of power backed up by law is a social infringement involving the use of force by police officers against subjects of a country or specific regional area (Amnesty International, 2014). Utili...
16. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A WEB-BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS
Statement of the Problem
Social network sites are based around profiles, a form of individual (for less frequently, group) homes page, which offers a description of each member. In addition to text, images and video created by the member, the social network site profile...
17. ASSESSING THE POPULARITY OF TWITTER USAGE AFTER the BAN LIFTING IN NIGERIAN: A STUDY OF UNIBEN STUDENTS
Background Of The Study
People have long recognized social media as a means of human interaction in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual groups and networks. Because of the increasing popularity of social med...
18. EFFECT OF DIGITAL NATIVE ADVERTISING ON THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH HABITS AMONG COSMETICS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS USERS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The formation of a business, including the cosmetics sector, necessitates critical decisions being made by the businesses. Cosmetic, according to Inyene and Chi (2021), is any material used to clean the skin, hair, nails, or teet...
19. IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON YOUTHS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Around the world, more than 80% of our youngsters spend a significant amount of time online. Due to the fact that the internet was exposed to them at a very young age, the new generation of children and teenagers became the first...
20. INFLUENCE OF INSTAGRAM HANDLE IN PROMOTING FASHION DESIGN (CEO LUMINEE OFFICIAL)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
It's no secret that social media has taken over many aspects of modern life. As previously said, social networking has expanded at an exponential rate in the last decade. To say the sector has grown exponentially is an...
21. INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Background to the Study
The advancement of internet technology has resulted in its adoption as the most effective channel of communication. As a result, two-thirds of the world's internet population accesses social networking or bloggin...
22. INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENT IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE IN RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY
Background of the Study
The introduction of the internet in the 1990s ushered in a period of significant advancement in the field of communication. The Internet is become an integral part of people's everyday lives and routines. It is impossib...
23. NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE USE OF ANDROID PHONES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SIERRA LEONE (A CASE STUDY OF GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In our contemporary environment, advances in technology cause individuals all over the world to alter both their patterns of behavior and the ways in which they consume goods. As opined by Mahamud & Fordjour (2015)) the...
24. NEWS SOURCE PREFERENCE BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG STUDENTS OF MASS COMMUNICATION IN LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Background to the study
According to history, before radio, television, and newspapers, information diffusion was limited and slow. Regardless, this is due to the socioeconomic structure of the society. Patronage remained economically driven and motivat...
25. NEW MEDIA AND CYBERBULLYING AMONG NIGERIAN YOUTHS (A STUDY OF AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS)
Background of the Study
Cyberbullying is defined as intentional and repetitive harm caused by the use of computers, mobile phones, and other electronic devices (Hinduja and Patchin, 2010). It's a never-ending cycle of purposely harming people using...
26. SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNIQUES AND CONSUMER PATRONAGE OF BODY CARE PRODUCTS IN RIVERS STATE
Background Of The Study
In the past decade, the World Wide Web has seen a significant increase of user-driven web technologies known as social media, which has led to the establishment of online communities, enhanced debates, opinion-sharing, and user-g...
27. THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The social media phenomena has gotten increasingly entertaining throughout the world in recent years. According to Bazley (2016), social media is a sort of online media that facilitates discourse rather than conventional media, w...
28. THE USE OF INSTAGRAM FOR HAIR EXTENSION SALES BY PORT HARCOURT VENDORS: VISIBILITY AND FEEDBACK. A CASE STUDY OF HAIRS_BY_ OLIVE IN PORT HARCOURT
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
It's no secret that social media has taken over many parts of modern life. As previously said, social networking has risen dramatically in the last decade in particular. To say that the sector has exploded is an unders...
29. THE USE OF ANDROID PHONES, AND THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ECONOMICS IN SIERRA LEONE FROM 2010-2020
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In our contemporary environment, advances in technology cause individuals all over the world to alter both their patterns of behavior and the ways in which they consume goods. As opined by Mahamud & Fordjour (2015)) the use of...
30. SMARTPHONES AS A TOOL FOR GATHERING AND SHARING NEWS AMONG STUDENTS IN RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The idea of doing social networking activities using various online resources is not a novel one in the modern day. The development of a large number of online communities and organizations was one of the outcomes of the process...
31. BILINGUAL UNDERGRADUATES' USE OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGING: A LINGUISTIC AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Around the world, practically every facet of human existence is being disrupted by the proliferation of contemporary technologies, in especially the new media with its various forms of electronic communicat...
32. INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN CIVIC EDUCATION IN ENUGU EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The internet is an interconnected computer networks that use the standard internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide. It consists of millions of private, public, academic, business and government networks that range from local...
33. THE INFLUENCE OF SMART PHONES AND SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Background of the study
The emergence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and internet facilities have drastically affected almost every facet of human life. Currently, it is greatly evident in the way of teaching and learning. Nowadays, smartphones have b...
34. THE IMPACT OF SMART PHONES AND SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Abstract
The study investigated the impact of smart phones and social networking sites on senior secondary schools student academic performance in Amwuwo-Odofin local government area of Lagos State. The descriptive research design was adopted for this study. &...
35. EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS
Abstract
The study investigated the effect of social media on the academic performance of students in delta state university Abraka, to which four major questions serve as a guide. The survey design for the study was based on the used of 16 item questionnaire, distribut...
36. EXAMINATION OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS TARGETING VOTERS VIA SOCIAL NETWORK SITE AND HOW IT AFFECTS VOTERS’ PREFERENCE
ABSTRACT
The use of social networking sites utilization in politics is obviously continued to grow in recent times. Since Barack Obama broke the world record in the history of social networks use for political purpose during the 2008 US presidential elections, many nati...
37. REGULATING SOCIAL MEDIA AS A WAY OF CHECKING HATE SPEECH IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The emergence of globalization has made the world a global village as proposed by Marshall McLuhan. This therefore necessitated the creation of information communication technologies (ICT) to facilitate the globalization of the w...
38. INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING ON BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENT’S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
ABSTRACT
The study examined influence of social networking on business education student’s academic performance using the University of Benin, Benin City as case study.
The study employed the survey design and the Simple random sampling technique to sele...
39. SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AMONG STUDENTS OF SELECTED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN KOGI STATE
Abstract
Today in Nigeria, Social Networking Sites like Facebook, 2go and WhatsApp are getting more popular among students of Tertiary Institutions irrespective of their different ethno-social backgrounds. It has become a vital part of their social life, presenting...
40. THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON NATIONAL SECURITY: NIGERIA’S PERSPECTIVE
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine the roles of social media on national security from Nigerian perspective. The result of the study showed that the common forms of social media that Nigerians are exposed to are Facebook, Whatsapp, 2go and Twitter. From the...
41. THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MED IA IN THE POLICE REFORMATION IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF 2020 ENDSARS PROTEST
1.1 Background of the study
For any country to quell mostly internal insurrection, aggression, and combat crime as well as maintain peace and protect lives and properties of the citizens, there is need for the establishment of the sec...
42. THE ROLE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The study looks at the role of social networking sites in political campaigns in Nigeria. It focuses on how politicians uses social networking sites to mobilize the youth to participate both in civic and political.
Data were elicited through a well structured question...
43. THE EFFECT OF TWITTER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS A Study of Essence International Secondary School, Kaduna
ABSTRACT
Social media has been suggested as an effective tool for educational purpose. This study was conducted to have an analysis of the effect of twitter social networking sites on the behaviour of secondary school students. In addition, this study applied quantitati...
44. THE INFLUENCE OF SMART PHONES AND SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENT
Abstract
The study investigated the influence of smart phones and social networking sites on the academic performance of secondary school students in Amwuwo-Odofin local government area of Lagos State. The descriptive research design was adopted for this study.&nbs...
45. IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON MODERN JOURNALISM (A STUDY OF JOURNALISTS IN MAKURDI METROPOLIS)
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the impact of social media on modern journalism in Makurdi metropolis. To achieve this aim, the survey research method and chi-square were used. Subjects were drawn from journalists in Makurdi metropolis in Benue State, using the purposive...
46. ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) ON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Background to the Study
Recent development in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has resulted in tremendous progress in the area of communication and information dissemination, which contributed in making the world more interactive. This ma...
47. FACEBOOK AND POLITICAL MOBILIZATION ON OYO STATE: A CASE STUDY OF 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN AKINLEYE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Background of the study
According to Hot Mass Communication Topic (2023), newspapers, periodicals, radio, and television were predominantly used for the purposes of political mobilisation, education, and participation until a recent period. In contempor...
48. IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In the last few years, the social media phenomenon has become increasingly entertaining across the world. According to Alford, (2013), social media is a type of online media that expedites conversation as opposed to tradit...
