Exploring the Application of Social Media in Governance in Nigeria
Main Article Content
Abstract
Social media have great impact across diverse areas of social life, it can be said that the greatest sphere of influence impacted upon is political communication and democracy. Given the view that modern day democracy is not working, that the citizenry is increasingly disengaging from civic life and political participation, therefore, democracy requires information-rich environment through which citizens come to know vital issues of the day, as well as spaces for robust critical-rational conversations on matters of concern. Both are essential for forming public opinion. Social media like the internet thus offer hope and critical lifelines for the prospects of democracy. The paper used Technological Determinism Theory to supports this discussion because the theory states that media technology shapes how individuals in a society think, feel, act and how the society operates as people move from one technological age to another. The paper argued that the emergence of social media in the last few decades has made it the centre of social interactions, surpassing contributions of any other innovations in the history of mass media. Generally, information is necessary for effective modern social, economic and political development; social media has made people, being the sources, the processors as well as the end users of all information. The paper concludes that information is power, information is the engine room for meaningful and sustainable development and information is also the catalyst for effective social interaction. One of the biggest benefits accruable from the use of social media is the inherent freedom of expression.
Downloads
Download data is not yet available.
Article Details
How to Cite
Aondover, E. M., Yusuf-Audu Nurat Tosin, Omolara Oluwabusayo Akin-Odukoya, Timothy Ekeledirichukwu Onyejelem, & Muhammad Ridwan. (2024). Exploring the Application of Social Media in Governance in Nigeria . SIASAT, 10(1), 30-43. https://doi.org/10.33258/siasat.v10i1.193
Section
Articles
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Copyright Notice
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.Penulis.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (Refer to The Effect of Open Access).
References
Adeyemi, A., Falobi, F., Akin-Odukoya, O., Onyejelem, T. E., & Ridwan, M. (2024). Influence of crisis communication strategies on public perception of organisations: A study of Caleb University. Budapest International Research and Critics Institute-Journal (BIRCI-Journal), 7(4), 978-989.
Ahmed, M. O., & Msughter, A. E. (2022). Assessment of the spread of fake news of Covid-19 amongst social media users in Kano State, Nigeria. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 6, 100189.
Allmer, T. (2015). Social networking sites in the surveillance society: critical perspectives and empirical findings. African Renaissance Books Incorporated.
Aondover, E. M. & Pate, H. (2021). National interest, freedom of expression and the Nigerian press in contemporary democratic context. Brazilian Journal of African Studies, 6(11), 233-249.
Aondover, E. M. (2019). Good governance and accountability: an assessment of the media’s role in achieving transparency in the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. Brazilian Journal of African Studies, 4(7), 209-225.
Aondover, E. M., Maradun, L. U., & Yar’Adua, S. M. (2022). Mediatization of the net and internetization of the print media in Northern Nigeria. Unisia, 40(2), 335-356.
Aondover, E. M., Okuneye, A. P., & Onyejelem, T. E. (2024). Application of new media in peace building and conflict resolution in Nigeria. Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies, 6(1). https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jacaps/vol6/iss1/8
Aondover, E. M., Oyeleye, S. A., & Aliyu, M. A. (2023). New World Information and Communication Order and its changing role in Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Kano. Unisia, 41(1), 17-38. https://doi.org/10.20885/unisia.vol41.iss1.art2
Aondover, E. M., Oyeleye, S. A., & Aondover, P. P. (2022). Analysis of Iconographic Effect of Visual Communication Genre on Covid-19 in Nigeria. Journal of Gynaecology and women’s health, 23(3), 1-10.
Aondover, P. O., Aondover, E. M., & Babele, A. M. (2022). Two nations, same technology, different outcomes: Analysis of technology application in Africa and America. Journal of Educational Research and Review, 1(1), 001-008.
Asogwa, B. E. (2013). Electronic government as a paradigm shift for efficient public services’, Library Hi Tech, 31(1), pp. 141–159. doi: 10.1108/07378831311303985.
Bennett, L. W., & Segerberg, (2013). The logic of connective action: digital media and the personalization of contentious politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bimber, B. (2015). Digital media and political participation, the moderating role of political interest across acts and over time. Social Science Computer Review, 33(1), pp. 21-42.
Castells, M. (2012). Networks of outrage and hope: social movements in the internet age. United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Chadwick, A. (2006). Internet politics: states, citizens, and new communications technologies. Oxford University Press, New York.
Chinedu-Okeke, C.F, Agbasimelo, C.I, Obi, I, Onyejelem, T.E (2021) Newspaper Coverage of
COVID-19 Issues in Nigeria. Journal of Healthcare Communications (JHealth Commun) 6(5):20. 1-5.
Ezeonyejiaku, N.P & Onyejelem, T.E (2021). The Nexus between Communication and Migration in Age of Social Media. Madonna University Journal of Communication Studies 3 (1), 167-186
Hansen, K. M. & Kosiara-Pedersen, K. (2014). Cyber-campaigning in Denmark: application and effects of candidate campaigning’, Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 11(2), pp. 206–219. doi: 10.1080/19331681.2014.895476.
Idris, M. K., & Msughter, A. E. (2022). Sources of Information on National Issues among Border Communities in Yobe State, Nigeria. ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement, 6(1), 22-47.
Koc-Michalska, K., Gibson, R. & Vedel, T. (2014). Online campaigning in France, 2007– 2012: Political Actors and Citizens in the Aftermath of the Web.2.0 Evolution’, Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 11(2), pp. 220–244. doi: 10.1080/19331681.2014.903217.
Kurfi, M. Y, Aondover, E. M. & Mohammed. I. (2021). Digital Images on Social Media and Proliferation of Fake News on Covid-19 in Kano, Nigeria. Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studies, 1(1), 103-124. Doi: https://doi.org/10.46539/gmd.v3i1.111.
Maikaba, B., & Msughter, A. E. (2019). Digital Media and Cultural Globalisation: The Fate of African Value System. Humanities and Social Sciences, 12(1), 214-220.
Mojaye, E. M. & Aondover, E. M. (2022). Theoretical perspectives in world information systems: A propositional appraisal of new media-communication imperatives. Journal of Communication and Media Research, 14(1), 100-106.
Morozov, E (2011). The net delusion: how not to liberate the world. London: Allen Lane. Pp. 34- 56.
Msughter, A. E. (2023). Social Media Narratives and Reflections On Hate Speech In Nigeria. Hate Speech on Social Media, 255.
Msughter, A. E., & Aondover, P. O. (2023). Nollywood Offering and Nigeria People and Culture: Reflections and Projection. Unisia, 41(1).
Msughter, A. E., & Idris, M. K. (2023). Focus Group Discussions with Rural Women in Yobe State on Information Services for Community Engagement on Development Issues in Nigeria. Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies, 5(2), 9.
Msughter, A. E., Ogbonna, S., Fagbohun, A, M. (2023). Customers Reactions on Service Delivery by Major Telecommunications Operators in Nigerian Newspapers. Curr Trends Mass Comm, 2(2), 98-105.
Msughter, A. E., Perpetua, A. O., & Itiafa, A. L. (2023). Artificial Intelligence and the Media: Revisiting Digital Dichotomy Theory. In Information Systems Management. IntechOpen.
Msughter, A. E., Yar’Adua, S. M., & Ogechi, A. P. (2022). Information seeking behavior on Covid-19 vaccine among residents of Fagge Local Government Area of Kano, Nigeria. Journal of Positive School Psychology, 6(9), 2526-2541.
Namadi, H. M., & Aondover, E. M. (2020). Survey of reproductive health information seeking behavior among pregnant women in some selected hospitals in Kano Metropolis. Biomed J Sci & Tech Res/BJSTR. DOI, 10, 1984-1987.
Obasi, M. C., & Aondover, E. M. (2023). Representation of African Values in Selected Nigerian Popular Music. Popular Music, 3(1), 57-73.
Obasi, M. C., & Msughter, A. E. (2023). Assessment of media coverage of environmental hazards in mining communities in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Environmental Challenges, 13, 100758.
Onyejelem, T. E., & Aondover, E. M. (2024a). Digital Generative Multimedia Tool Theory (DGMTT): A Theoretical Postulation in the Era of Artificial Intelligence. Adv Mach Lear Art Inte, 5(2), 01-09.
Onyejelem, T. E., & Aondover, E. M. (2024b). Digital Generative Multimedia Tool Theory (DGMTT): A Theoretical Postulation. Journalism, 14(3), 189-204.
Oreoluwa, P. A., Vitalis, P. O., Nneka, A. Q., Collins-Dike, J., & Ridwan, M. (2024). Online Harassment of Female Journalist in Lagos State. Polit Journal Scientific Journal of Politics, 4(3), 162-174.
Owens-Ibie, N., & Aondover, E. M. (2024). Hate postings on social media and peace imperatives in Nigeria. Legal challenges and political strategies in the post-truth era, Labcom Comunicacao & Artes,121.
Suntai, D. I. & Targema, T. S. (2017). New media and democracy in Nigeria: an appraisal of the opportunities and threats in the terrain. Brazilian Journal 2(4): pp. 198-209.
Taiwo, M., Jaiyesimi, B. J., & Aondover, E. M. (2024). Product placement in Namaste Wahala in the global film industry and brand recall in Nigeria.
Usman, B., Msughter, E. A., & Olaitan Ridwanullah, A. (2022). Social media literacy: fake news consumption and perception of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 9(1), 2138011.
Vitalis, P. O., Onyejelem, T. E., & Okuneye, A. P. (2023). Understanding advertising in the era of social media. Information System and Smart City, 3(1), 502-502.
Yar’Adua, S. M., & Msughter, A. E. (2023). Peace Journalism and Development: An Appraisal of Boko Haram Insurgency in the North-East of Nigeria.
Yar’Adua, S. M., Aondover, E. M., & Aliyu, M. A. (2023). Modernization, Marxist, Dependency and Alternative Theories of Development Communication: A Critical Review. International Social Science and Humanities Studies, 3(2), 1-20.
Yar’Adua, S. M., Msughter, A. E., & Aliyu, M. A. (2023). Sports Journalism Reporting in the Era of Digital Media in Nigeria. Konfrontasi: Jurnal Kultural, Ekonomi dan Perubahan Sosial, 10(3), 124-134.
Yar’Adua, S. M., Msughter, A. E., & Garba, S. (2023). Media and National Development in Democratic Societies. Polit Journal Scientific Journal of Politics, 3(3), 105-115.
Yar’Adua, S. M., Namadi, H. M., Msughter, A. E. (2021). An Appraisal of Political Economy of New Media in Nigerian Context. Inter. J. Eng. Lit. Cult, 9(4), 109-117.
Ahmed, M. O., & Msughter, A. E. (2022). Assessment of the spread of fake news of Covid-19 amongst social media users in Kano State, Nigeria. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 6, 100189.
Allmer, T. (2015). Social networking sites in the surveillance society: critical perspectives and empirical findings. African Renaissance Books Incorporated.
Aondover, E. M. & Pate, H. (2021). National interest, freedom of expression and the Nigerian press in contemporary democratic context. Brazilian Journal of African Studies, 6(11), 233-249.
Aondover, E. M. (2019). Good governance and accountability: an assessment of the media’s role in achieving transparency in the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. Brazilian Journal of African Studies, 4(7), 209-225.
Aondover, E. M., Maradun, L. U., & Yar’Adua, S. M. (2022). Mediatization of the net and internetization of the print media in Northern Nigeria. Unisia, 40(2), 335-356.
Aondover, E. M., Okuneye, A. P., & Onyejelem, T. E. (2024). Application of new media in peace building and conflict resolution in Nigeria. Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies, 6(1). https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jacaps/vol6/iss1/8
Aondover, E. M., Oyeleye, S. A., & Aliyu, M. A. (2023). New World Information and Communication Order and its changing role in Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Kano. Unisia, 41(1), 17-38. https://doi.org/10.20885/unisia.vol41.iss1.art2
Aondover, E. M., Oyeleye, S. A., & Aondover, P. P. (2022). Analysis of Iconographic Effect of Visual Communication Genre on Covid-19 in Nigeria. Journal of Gynaecology and women’s health, 23(3), 1-10.
Aondover, P. O., Aondover, E. M., & Babele, A. M. (2022). Two nations, same technology, different outcomes: Analysis of technology application in Africa and America. Journal of Educational Research and Review, 1(1), 001-008.
Asogwa, B. E. (2013). Electronic government as a paradigm shift for efficient public services’, Library Hi Tech, 31(1), pp. 141–159. doi: 10.1108/07378831311303985.
Bennett, L. W., & Segerberg, (2013). The logic of connective action: digital media and the personalization of contentious politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bimber, B. (2015). Digital media and political participation, the moderating role of political interest across acts and over time. Social Science Computer Review, 33(1), pp. 21-42.
Castells, M. (2012). Networks of outrage and hope: social movements in the internet age. United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Chadwick, A. (2006). Internet politics: states, citizens, and new communications technologies. Oxford University Press, New York.
Chinedu-Okeke, C.F, Agbasimelo, C.I, Obi, I, Onyejelem, T.E (2021) Newspaper Coverage of
COVID-19 Issues in Nigeria. Journal of Healthcare Communications (JHealth Commun) 6(5):20. 1-5.
Ezeonyejiaku, N.P & Onyejelem, T.E (2021). The Nexus between Communication and Migration in Age of Social Media. Madonna University Journal of Communication Studies 3 (1), 167-186
Hansen, K. M. & Kosiara-Pedersen, K. (2014). Cyber-campaigning in Denmark: application and effects of candidate campaigning’, Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 11(2), pp. 206–219. doi: 10.1080/19331681.2014.895476.
Idris, M. K., & Msughter, A. E. (2022). Sources of Information on National Issues among Border Communities in Yobe State, Nigeria. ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement, 6(1), 22-47.
Koc-Michalska, K., Gibson, R. & Vedel, T. (2014). Online campaigning in France, 2007– 2012: Political Actors and Citizens in the Aftermath of the Web.2.0 Evolution’, Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 11(2), pp. 220–244. doi: 10.1080/19331681.2014.903217.
Kurfi, M. Y, Aondover, E. M. & Mohammed. I. (2021). Digital Images on Social Media and Proliferation of Fake News on Covid-19 in Kano, Nigeria. Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studies, 1(1), 103-124. Doi: https://doi.org/10.46539/gmd.v3i1.111.
Maikaba, B., & Msughter, A. E. (2019). Digital Media and Cultural Globalisation: The Fate of African Value System. Humanities and Social Sciences, 12(1), 214-220.
Mojaye, E. M. & Aondover, E. M. (2022). Theoretical perspectives in world information systems: A propositional appraisal of new media-communication imperatives. Journal of Communication and Media Research, 14(1), 100-106.
Morozov, E (2011). The net delusion: how not to liberate the world. London: Allen Lane. Pp. 34- 56.
Msughter, A. E. (2023). Social Media Narratives and Reflections On Hate Speech In Nigeria. Hate Speech on Social Media, 255.
Msughter, A. E., & Aondover, P. O. (2023). Nollywood Offering and Nigeria People and Culture: Reflections and Projection. Unisia, 41(1).
Msughter, A. E., & Idris, M. K. (2023). Focus Group Discussions with Rural Women in Yobe State on Information Services for Community Engagement on Development Issues in Nigeria. Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies, 5(2), 9.
Msughter, A. E., Ogbonna, S., Fagbohun, A, M. (2023). Customers Reactions on Service Delivery by Major Telecommunications Operators in Nigerian Newspapers. Curr Trends Mass Comm, 2(2), 98-105.
Msughter, A. E., Perpetua, A. O., & Itiafa, A. L. (2023). Artificial Intelligence and the Media: Revisiting Digital Dichotomy Theory. In Information Systems Management. IntechOpen.
Msughter, A. E., Yar’Adua, S. M., & Ogechi, A. P. (2022). Information seeking behavior on Covid-19 vaccine among residents of Fagge Local Government Area of Kano, Nigeria. Journal of Positive School Psychology, 6(9), 2526-2541.
Namadi, H. M., & Aondover, E. M. (2020). Survey of reproductive health information seeking behavior among pregnant women in some selected hospitals in Kano Metropolis. Biomed J Sci & Tech Res/BJSTR. DOI, 10, 1984-1987.
Obasi, M. C., & Aondover, E. M. (2023). Representation of African Values in Selected Nigerian Popular Music. Popular Music, 3(1), 57-73.
Obasi, M. C., & Msughter, A. E. (2023). Assessment of media coverage of environmental hazards in mining communities in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Environmental Challenges, 13, 100758.
Onyejelem, T. E., & Aondover, E. M. (2024a). Digital Generative Multimedia Tool Theory (DGMTT): A Theoretical Postulation in the Era of Artificial Intelligence. Adv Mach Lear Art Inte, 5(2), 01-09.
Onyejelem, T. E., & Aondover, E. M. (2024b). Digital Generative Multimedia Tool Theory (DGMTT): A Theoretical Postulation. Journalism, 14(3), 189-204.
Oreoluwa, P. A., Vitalis, P. O., Nneka, A. Q., Collins-Dike, J., & Ridwan, M. (2024). Online Harassment of Female Journalist in Lagos State. Polit Journal Scientific Journal of Politics, 4(3), 162-174.
Owens-Ibie, N., & Aondover, E. M. (2024). Hate postings on social media and peace imperatives in Nigeria. Legal challenges and political strategies in the post-truth era, Labcom Comunicacao & Artes,121.
Suntai, D. I. & Targema, T. S. (2017). New media and democracy in Nigeria: an appraisal of the opportunities and threats in the terrain. Brazilian Journal 2(4): pp. 198-209.
Taiwo, M., Jaiyesimi, B. J., & Aondover, E. M. (2024). Product placement in Namaste Wahala in the global film industry and brand recall in Nigeria.
Usman, B., Msughter, E. A., & Olaitan Ridwanullah, A. (2022). Social media literacy: fake news consumption and perception of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 9(1), 2138011.
Vitalis, P. O., Onyejelem, T. E., & Okuneye, A. P. (2023). Understanding advertising in the era of social media. Information System and Smart City, 3(1), 502-502.
Yar’Adua, S. M., & Msughter, A. E. (2023). Peace Journalism and Development: An Appraisal of Boko Haram Insurgency in the North-East of Nigeria.
Yar’Adua, S. M., Aondover, E. M., & Aliyu, M. A. (2023). Modernization, Marxist, Dependency and Alternative Theories of Development Communication: A Critical Review. International Social Science and Humanities Studies, 3(2), 1-20.
Yar’Adua, S. M., Msughter, A. E., & Aliyu, M. A. (2023). Sports Journalism Reporting in the Era of Digital Media in Nigeria. Konfrontasi: Jurnal Kultural, Ekonomi dan Perubahan Sosial, 10(3), 124-134.
Yar’Adua, S. M., Msughter, A. E., & Garba, S. (2023). Media and National Development in Democratic Societies. Polit Journal Scientific Journal of Politics, 3(3), 105-115.
Yar’Adua, S. M., Namadi, H. M., Msughter, A. E. (2021). An Appraisal of Political Economy of New Media in Nigerian Context. Inter. J. Eng. Lit. Cult, 9(4), 109-117.