ROLE OF CITIZEN JOURNALISM IN PROMOTING POLITICAL ACTIVITIES IN BENUE STATE
Abstract
Abstract
The study, the role of citizen journalism in promoting political activities in Benue State was undertaken to find out the role of citizen journalism in promoting political activities in Benue State; Provide the most frequent social media used by citizens in promoting political activities in Benue State;Identify areas in which citizen journalism has been used to promote political activities in Benue State; Examine the most frequent factors that necessitate for the use of citizen journalism in promoting political activities in Benue State. The study was anchored on Uses and Gratification Theory. Using survey research method, questionnaire containing 12 questions on a sample size of 386 respondents was analyzed. The study concludes that,citizen journalism has brought about a new form of news gathering, processing and dissemination embraced by citizens in Benue State to foster information dissemination on political activities. Findings revealed that citizen journalism have played very significant roles in achieving responsible and responsive governments by being vocal about the social, economic and political issues.Facebook has been the most used social media channel by citizen journalists.The study recommends that citizen journalists should cover all areas of political activities concerned in Benue State in order to promote public opinion in all areas of politics and set agenda for public discourse. Politicians and political parties should embrace citizen journalism to enable them test their score cards and reduce over dependence on the traditional media
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