Youth Participation in Social Media and Political Attitudes in Nigeria
Keywords:
election, Facebook users' political attitudesAbstract
This study investigates the relationship between facebook users' political attitudes and online political participation among youth. Participants were 100 active facebook users comprising of 58 males and 42 females, with an age range of 16- 32 years. The study employed a correlation design. The facebook intensity scale {FIS} (Ellison, Steinfield and Lampe, 2007) was used to measure facebook usage and political participation. The results revealed a significantly positive relationship between face book usage and political participation among the youth in Nigeria. However, facebook use rate did not significantly influence political participation. It is therefore concluded that facebook usage affords persons of different perspectives the ability to unite and engage in political discourse.
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