Youth and social media
Abraham, Ayomide Oluwaseun
Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences,
Department of Mass Communication and Media Technology, Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Abstract
Over the last 20 years, rapid progress has been made in order to make the world more globalized via the extensive use of social media. This is evident in sectors ranging from education to sports, healthcare to fashion, and cybershopping to improved communication to mention a few. The extensive use of social media among the youth especially has been on the rise due to the fact that social media has become an integral part of everyday life for humans. The youth has been associated with social media and it has opened numerous ways of profitability for them. This paper provides an overview of the influence of social media on youths and also suggests that in the future, more research should be carried out in order to explore the positive and negative influence on youth globally in a more practical manner.
Keywords: Social media, Youth, Influence, Networking sites, Internet
Impact Statement
The use of social media platforms is a major factor that is beginning to limit the mind’s capacity to think properly. Students, especially youths nowadays are prone to losing focus when studying and choose to spend their time on social media instead. All of this amounts to a waste of time with little and sometimes no return on investment. Students are usually unable to submit their work within the slated deadline because they are more interested in surfing social networking platforms. The role and impact of technology have come to stay. The youth has been associated with social media and it has opened numerous ways of profitability for them. This paper provides an overview of the influence of social media on youths and also suggests that in the future, more research should be carried out in order to explore the positive and negative influence on youth globally in a more practical manner.
About The Author
Full Name(s): Ayomide Oluwaseun Abraham Title: Miss
Academic Qualifications: MSc 2022, Lead City University Ibadan; BSc 2015, Joseph Ayo Babalola University Osun State
Discipline: Mass Communication & Media Technology
Ayomide Abraham is a quality compliance officer in the Postgraduate College, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria who has undergone a training in Human Resource Management (2017) which will enable her to relate well and attend to people who may require her service. She is also a specialist in Microsoft Office (2015). Recently she attended a workshop training titled “Capacity building on contemporary management skills, development and effectiveness of Lead City University Non-teaching Staff organized by the institution in 2023.
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