Social Media, Citizens’ Participation in Elections, and the Proverbial Dividends of Democracy in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

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dc.creatorImhonopi,, David, Urim, U.M.
dc.date2021
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-04T17:25:55Z
dc.descriptionThe 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.
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dc.identifierhttp://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/14052/
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/44023
dc.languageen
dc.publisherIGI Global
dc.subjectH Social Sciences (General), HM Sociology
dc.titleSocial Media, Citizens’ Participation in Elections, and the Proverbial Dividends of Democracy in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic
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