PERCEPTION OF SMART PHONE USAGE ON CYBERBULLING AMONG STUDENTS OF MASS COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT OF NOVENA UNIVERSITY, OGUME, DELTA STATE
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This study is carried out in order to explore how students of mass communicatios department perceive smart phone usage on cyberbully by youth. Survey researct method was adopted for the study using Close-ended questionnaire structure amc participant observation for the data collection. A total of 200 respondents wers selected through simple random and stratified sampling technique of datz collection. The sample size was determined using Cozby formula. Social presence media theory base of this study. This study found that students of mass communication department perceive smart phone usage on cyberbullying by youths as a harmful and wicked behavior. The result of this study also reveal that respondent had experience smart phone usage on cyberbullying by youth directly or indirectly. Amongst other recommendation, it is therefore, recommended that Nigerian youths should stop visiting those criminal websites of the internet through their smart phone. This will help in fighting against cyberbullying in their life
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