Social media and citizens' involvement in governance: Focus on facebook comments on anti-open grazing bill in Benue State, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorUdende, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorIorkase, Sylvester
dc.contributor.authorChiakaan, Jacob Gbaden
dc.contributor.authorYusuf, Tajudeen Olarenwaju
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-27T13:51:29Z
dc.date.available2019-06-27T13:51:29Z
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.description.abstractAgainst the backdrop that social media platforms avail citizens the opportunity to influence governance, the study examines citizens’ involvement in the passage of anti-open grazing bill in Benue State, Nigeria. The objective is to determine whether Facebook can be a uniting platform among citizens thereby, facilitating democratic development. The population of study is all text messages posted on Facebook pertaining to the anti-open grazing bill. Adopting qualitative approach, the study content-analyses Facebook posts purposively selected between March and June 2017. The study descriptively analyses data. Deducing from the data, Facebook plays a cohesive role for citizens to register their concerns with a view to influencing government legislations and actions. While the study recommends the sustained use of Facebook in canvassing for a cause with moderation, it also recommends that government at all levels should always show commitment in addressing issues capable of disrupting peaceful co-existence among people.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1597-4324
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2369
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCommunication Studies Forum, Department of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries23;2
dc.subjectSocial mediaen_US
dc.subjectFacebooken_US
dc.subjectCitizensen_US
dc.subjectGovernanceen_US
dc.subjectOpen grazingen_US
dc.titleSocial media and citizens' involvement in governance: Focus on facebook comments on anti-open grazing bill in Benue State, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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