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Twitter Ban In Nigeria: A Scandal To Democracy
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1.5 Significance Of The Study
This
study will delve into the internal and external consequences of the
Nigerian government's decision to ban Twitter usage.In light of this,
the study will also educate/apprise the government on how this execution
would affect its citizens and the need to always operate the affairs of
the country democratically as a democratic nation to protect the
country's image in the international community. This study will also
serve as a source of relevant information for students, researchers,
other academics, and the public at large.
1.6. Scope Of The Study
This
study will delve into the characteristics of a democratic nation and
instantaneously assess the unprecedented execution of the Twitter ban in
Nigeria against the attributes of a democratic system of government.
Hence the public opinions of Nigerian citizens resident in Lagos State
shall be sampled in this study.
1.7 Limitation Of The Study
The limitations of this study includes:
Finance:
Due to the economic difficulties that people, including the
researchers, are experiencing, the prospect of a greater sample size,
which would have enabled the study to reach a larger region, has become
impossible. Thus, this work will be limited to only Lagos State
residences.
Time:It was not surprising that the researcher was
limited by the time frame as it posed a direct challenge to the
effective coverage intended in the course of this report. It is the
intention of the researcher to interview all the employees of the
selected manufacturing companies, but because of the numerous activities
of the researcher, which border on both academics, work schedules and
other social activities, it has become relatively impossible to explain
the intention.
Respondent attitude: The majority of respondents
failed to collect the questionnaires, and those who do collect them pay
close attention to filling out and returning them, while others do not
return theirs at all. Others were less accommodating and may have
provided untrustworthy information because they were afraid of being
exposed, despite the researcher's promise that all information would be
treated with the utmost secrecy and only for education purposes.
1.8 Definition Of The Study
Scandal: an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage.
Democracy:
Democracy is a system of government in which power is vested in the
people and exercised by them directly or through freely elected
representatives.
Social Media: Social media is a computer-based
technology that facilitates the sharing of ideas, thoughts, and
information through the building of virtual networks and communities
Twitter:
Twitter is an American microblogging and social networking website on
which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".
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Ajazeera
New: How Nigeria’s Twitter ban stands to impact people,
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Ajazeera
New: Nigerians on Twitter react to Nigeria’s Twitter suspension:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/4/nigerian-twitter-users-blast-govt-ban-of-social-media-giant
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