Key National Issues are issues that emanate from significant discrepancies between perceived national standard and national reality that becomes manifest when one or more society’s needs are not met, or when their realization are threatened.
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Citizenship Education: A Panacea for Daunting Social Media Gripe on Key Social Issues in Nigeria
Asimi Akibu Alarape (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria), Florence Adeola Omoba (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria), Sarafadeen Olatunde Akinlooye (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria), and Adebayo J. Obadiora (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria)
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|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9542-8.ch015
Abstract
Nigeria as one of the emerging user-countries of social media worldwide has witnessed people relying on information posted on social media on key national issues without checking the reliability of their sources. Sharing such information on social media has led to religious crises, political imbroglio, hate speech, racial discrimination and clashes, and a degenerated socio-psychological wellbeing of the citizens. This chapter suggest that regulating social media to curtail these anomalies may not bring the desired results. On the contrary, citizenship education will equip the citizens with the knowledge to discern reliable and dependable sources of information. Citizenship education might also lead to efficacy of loyalty to their country.