Influence of Social Media on Dating Relationships of Emerging Adults in Nigerian Universities: Social Media and Dating in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorFawole, Olufemi Adeniyi
dc.contributor.authorOlasunkanmi, Adebisi Osho
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-31T13:46:13Z
dc.date.available2019-10-31T13:46:13Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractSocial media play important roles in creating a person's sense of reality, recreating face-to-face interactions on the web by allowing people to interact either publicly of privately. Social networking sites helps in maintaining relationship with individuals who may not be closer to one; used to express romantic relationships through profile pictures or posts on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Uber Social etc. This chapter focused on the influence of Facebook on communication between emerging adults in dating relationships. A total of seventy-seven participants comprising students from the University of Lagos, Nigeria aged between 19 and 29 years, took part in different focus group discussions. Data was analysed using thematic analysis. The results revealed that majority of the dating couples spent long hours on Facebook daily and they did not feel comfortable with the hours spent on Facebook by their partner chatting with friends on a regular basis.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9781522518563
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3279
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIGI Globalen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectsocial mediaen_US
dc.subjectsitesen_US
dc.subjectDataen_US
dc.titleInfluence of Social Media on Dating Relationships of Emerging Adults in Nigerian Universities: Social Media and Dating in Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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