D Effect of Social Media on Nigerian Youths of Today
Obviously it is amazing that with a click one passes information to thousands of people in a second. This is the power of social media. According to Andres Kaplan, social media is a group of internet based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of wed and that allow the creation and exchange of user generated content (Andreas Kaplan, The Challenges and Opportunities of Social Media, 2010). Put differently, social media is a means of interaction among people. This includes; Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, 2go, Foursquare, Whatsapp, Nimbuzz and so on.
Prior to the deregulation of the Nigerian telecommunication sector in 1999, very few Nigerians had access to computers and the lack of sufficient technological infrastructure such as the Internet and mobile phones constrained communication within the society. Few years upon deregulation, social network spread like wide fire in Nigeria. Its spread can be compared to the Baby-Boom of 1946 and 196, during the post World War II, in the opening days of the Cold War. Many Nigerians including the rich and poor, educated and illiterate, young and old, Muslims and Christians now enjoy the services of the social media. But the youth are the major players in this sector, as they have being tagged as the digital age.
The power of social media has contributed positively to the development of Nigeria youths and the Nigerian populace. It has kept Nigerian youths more informed and up to date; it has opened up medium for job vacancy advert among youth, which has improved their unemployment situation, thereby pulling many out of the quicksand of poverty. It has also contributed to improved efficiency, as many tasks; intellectual and otherwise can now be completed within a shorter timeframe and with less error. In addition, the social media is gradually enabling Nigerian youth to more effectively put pressure on how Nigeria is governed as evidenced by the role it played in the long absence of the late Alhaji
Prior to the deregulation of the Nigerian telecommunication sector in 1999, very few Nigerians had access to computers and the lack of sufficient technological infrastructure such as the Internet and mobile phones constrained communication within the society. Few years upon deregulation, social network spread like wide fire in Nigeria. Its spread can be compared to the Baby-Boom of 1946 and 196, during the post World War II, in the opening days of the Cold War. Many Nigerians including the rich and poor, educated and illiterate, young and old, Muslims and Christians now enjoy the services of the social media. But the youth are the major players in this sector, as they have being tagged as the digital age.
The power of social media has contributed positively to the development of Nigeria youths and the Nigerian populace. It has kept Nigerian youths more informed and up to date; it has opened up medium for job vacancy advert among youth, which has improved their unemployment situation, thereby pulling many out of the quicksand of poverty. It has also contributed to improved efficiency, as many tasks; intellectual and otherwise can now be completed within a shorter timeframe and with less error. In addition, the social media is gradually enabling Nigerian youth to more effectively put pressure on how Nigeria is governed as evidenced by the role it played in the long absence of the late Alhaji