Social Media as a Driver for Societal Value Degradation: the Nigerian Perspective
Social Media facilitates the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests to virtual communities and networks using interactive technologies. The benefits of such seamless communication are immense and critical to national growth and development. However national growth and development cann...
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| description | Social Media facilitates the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests to virtual communities and networks using interactive technologies. The benefits of such seamless communication are immense and critical to national growth and development. However national growth and development cannot be achieved without a sound value and moral system guiding the conducts of its people. This article investigates the role social media plays in eroding the value system of Nigerian youths. It highlights problematic areas and concludes by making suggestions for the regulation of social media content through content filtering based on generally acceptable cultural values. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b1a881a666c4d86b3090f77cc4f8ee32023-07-31T16:29:56ZengCroatian Interdisciplinary SocietyInterdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems1334-46841334-46762023-04-0121326327110.7906/indecs.21.3.4Social Media as a Driver for Societal Value Degradation: the Nigerian PerspectiveEdward Ositadinma Ofoegbu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5666-5680Pan Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria Social Media facilitates the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests to virtual communities and networks using interactive technologies. The benefits of such seamless communication are immense and critical to national growth and development. However national growth and development cannot be achieved without a sound value and moral system guiding the conducts of its people. This article investigates the role social media plays in eroding the value system of Nigerian youths. It highlights problematic areas and concludes by making suggestions for the regulation of social media content through content filtering based on generally acceptable cultural values. https://indecs.eu/2023/indecs2023-pp263-271.pdfsocial mediavaluenigerian |
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| title | Social Media as a Driver for Societal Value Degradation: the Nigerian Perspective |
| title_full | Social Media as a Driver for Societal Value Degradation: the Nigerian Perspective |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Social Media as a Driver for Societal Value Degradation: the Nigerian Perspective |
| title_short | Social Media as a Driver for Societal Value Degradation: the Nigerian Perspective |
| title_sort | social media as a driver for societal value degradation the nigerian perspective |
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