Imhonopi,, David and Urim, U.M. (2021) Social Media, Citizens’ Participation in Elections, and the Proverbial Dividends of Democracy in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. In: Social Media, Citizens’ Participation in Elections, and the Proverbial Dividends of Democracy. IGI Global, pp. 131-128.
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Abstract
The objectives of this chapter are to examine social media and citizens’ participation in elections in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic; appraise social media and delivery of democratic dividends in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic; and identify the relationship among social media, citizen participation in elections, and delivery of democratic dividends in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. The study was hinged on the social capital and democratic participant media theories and a review of relevant academic literature. The study finds that while social media facilitated citizen participation during elections in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, actual voter turnout was low. Also, the study shows that in spite of social media use by Nigerian citizens, democracy dividends are yet to be delivered to Nigerian citizens. And lastly, findings reveal that there appears to be a weak relationship between social media and citizens’ participation in elections in Nigeria and that social media use by Nigerians has not delivered the dividends of democracy to the people.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2021 15:07 |
| Last Modified: | 11 May 2021 15:07 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/14052 |
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