EFFICACY OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN ENHANCING SOCIALIZATION AMONG SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

EFFICACY OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN ENHANCING SOCIALIZATION AMONG SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Chapter One

Introduction

1.1 Background to the Study

The world is today celebrating the improvements in communication technology which has broadened the scope of communication through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Modern Technology in communication no doubt has turned the entire world into a “Global village”. But as it is, technology like two sides of a coin, bring with it both negative and positive sides. It helps people to be better informed, enlightened, and keeping abreast with developments in the world. (Asemah and Edegoh, 2012). Technology exposes mankind to a better way of doing things. Social networking sites like: Twitter, Yahoo Messenger, Facebook Messenger, Blackberry Messenger (BBM), Whatsapp messenger, 2go messenger, Youtube, Instagram, Badoo, Google talk, and Google Messenger are contributors to the socialization process. These networking sites are used by most people to interact with old and new friends, physical or internet friends (Asemah and Edegoh, 2012). The world has been changed rapidly by the evolution in technology, and has resulted into the use of technology as the best medium to explore the wide area of knowledge. The evolution of internet technology has led to its use as the best medium for communication. Whereby, two-third of the world‟s internet population visits social networking or blogging sites, thus serving as a communication and connection tool. Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are online Communities of Internet users who want to communicate with other users about areas of mutual interest, whether from a personal, business or academic perspective (William, Boyd, Densten, Chin, Diamond & Morgenthaler 2009). The millions of social networking sites have transformed the thought of global village into a reality whereby billions of people communicate through social networking sites. Numerous benefits have been obtained through distant communication through the use of social networking sites. With so many social networking sites displayed on the internet, students are tempted to abandon their homework and reading times in preference for chatting online with friends. Many students are now addicted to the online rave of the moment, with Facebook, Twitter etc. Today most youths and students possess Facebook accounts. The reason most of them perform badly in school might not be far- fetched. While many minds might be quick to blame the poor quality of teachers, they might have to think even harder, if they have not heard of the Facebook frenzy (Oche & Aminu .2010). Olubiyi (2012) noted that these days‟ students are so engrossed in the social media that they are almost 24 hours online. Even in the classrooms and lecture theatres, it has been observed that some students are always busy pinging, 2going or Facebooking, while lectures are on. Times that ought be channeled towards learning, academic research and innovating have been crushed by the passion for meeting new friends online, and most times busy discussing trivial issues. Hence, most students suffer setbacks as a result of distraction from the social media. As it was observed by Obi, Bulus, Adamu and Sala‟at (2012), the use of these sites, also, affects students‟ use of English and grammar. The students are used to short forms of writing words in their chat rooms; they forget and use the same in the classrooms. They use things like „4‟ in place of „for‟, „U‟ in place of „You‟ „D‟ in place of „the‟ and many others. This could affect their class assessment. Social networking sites, although, has been recognized as an important resource for education today, studies, however, shows, that students use social networking sites, such as, Facebook for fun, to kill time, to meet existing friends or to make new ones (Ellison, Steinfield, and Lampe 2011). Although it has been put forward that students spends much time on participating in social networking activities, with many students blaming the various social networking sites for their steady decrease in grade point averages (Kimberly, Jeong and Lee, 2009).

According to Kuppuswamy and Shankar (2010), social network websites grab attention of the students and then diverts them towards non-educational and inappropriate actions including useless chatting. Whereas, on the other hand, (Liccardi, Ounnas, Massey, Kinnunen, Midy, & Sakar. 2007) reviewed that the students are socially connected with each other for sharing their daily learning experiences and do conversation, on several topics. Tinto (1997) argued that extracurricular activities and academic activities are not enough to satisfy some students those who are suffered by social networking isolation. This shows that social networks are beneficial for the students as they contribute in their learning experiences as well as in their academic life. However, the survival and progress of any nation depend largely on the way of life of the individual members of the society. Over the years, Nigerian society has increasingly lost its sense of values due to socialization problems. Thus, more people, especially the youth, are found engaged in anti social behaviour acts like greediness, brutality, sexual immorality, cultism, corruption, armed robbery, alcoholism, tribalism, drug abuse and addiction, examination malpractices, high rate of indiscipline among students, adaptation of foreign cultures in the name of civilization, unacceptable behaviour, immoralities, criminal and violent films produced by mass media, disrespect for constituted authorities which culminative yield a society of neither African nor western in nature and several others which negatively affect the socialization process of students thereby resulting into mass failure in examinations as well as poor academic performance. There are many factors that cause these problems, but above all, the missing gap or ineffectiveness in the socialization process of the growing generation especially at the angle of primary agent of socialization is the fundamental cause.

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