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The Impact Of Social Media On National Security: Nigeria’s Perspective
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The intentional publishing of information on social media platform
without the consent of security agencies is a major problem that
endangers the national security of Nigeria, Hence arises the question,
Do they lias with security agencies before publishing?
The growing
challenge of security in Nigeria is of concern to all. Every effort
must be employed to combat this challenge. The issue of national
security is a fundamental issue in national and international relations.
It is in adherence to this fact that media publication outfits are
experts at intelligence gathering processes. Brings the question, How
could they publish without security concerns when they knowingly lack
the intelligence requirements?
The power of the media to decide
what the people should read, see or hear has never been in doubt. What
has been in the center of controversy is the capacity of those in whose
hands reside such enormous powers to using how do they process
information before publication?
Furthermore, Ali (2013) observed
that the greatest challenge to the social media in Nigeria today is how
to make itself relevant to the Nigerian society particularly where
democracy is on trial, and national institutions are taking shape. In
this light, this study will proffer ways of improving social media for
effective management of national security in Nigeria. Relating to the
Nigerian perspective of how the operations of the social media affect
national security has been on the increase whereby the information
sensitive to national protection is let loose, criticized or
black-mailed before proper dissemination.
1.3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
The
aim of this study is to examine the impact of social media on national
security from the standpoint of Nigeria. Specifically, the objectives of
this study are:
1. To identify the various types of social media that Nigerians are exposed to.
2. To examine the positive impacts of social media on national security.
3. To examine how social media has impacted on national security negatively
4. To proffer ways of improving social media for effective management of national security in Nigeria.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
This study will answer the following research questions:
1. What are the various types of social media that Nigerians are exposed to?
2. What are the positive impacts of social media on national security?
3. To what extent has social media impacted on national media negatively?
4. What are the ways of improving social media for effective management of national security in Nigeria?
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
social media is a principal player in the arena of national security;
hence, this study shall provide a conceptual framework that will address
the roles of social media on national security from the standpoint of
Nigeria. This research will therefore enlighten the Government of
Nigeria and other concerned stakeholders on how social media can affect
national security, thus providing ways of managing the rising
insecurities in Nigeria. This research will serve as a useful guide to
policy makers on how best to tackle security challenges in Nigeria. More
so, this study will also serve as a good source of information by
Nigerian policy makers, students of security studies, public
administration and sociology as it would also identify how influence of
social media on national security. This study will also serve as a
starting point for further research by other scholars who might be
interested in this area of study. In addition to that, this study will
also add to the body of existing literatures on the impact of social
media on national security. It will enable us to study the negative
impact of media publication which is been affected by profit
maximization.
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The study will be
centered on the impact of social media in national security from the
perspective of Nigeria. The choice of social media is because of the
increasing trend of its usage in the daily activities of Nigerians. As a
matter of fact, this study will only consider social media such as
Blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Podcast, 2go, flicker, Instagram etc
and will not look at the impact of other mass media on national
security. Furthermore, national security is a very sensitive issue and
as such, opinions to be generated in this study will cover personal
views and perceptions of individuals on the impact of social media in
national security. So, the data generated during the course of this
research work will be limited on the impact of social media in national
security from Nigerian perspective.
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