JINAV: Journal of Information and Visualization
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022)

Perceive Influence of the Use of Social Media on Information Seeking Behaviour of Undergraduates in Nigeria Universities

Mohammed Lawal Akanbi (Department of Library and Information Science, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)
Qudus Ajibola Bankole (Department of Library and Information Science, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)
Olaide Ayokunmi Olalekan (Department of Library and Information Science, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)
John Olajide Abiola (Department of Library and Information Science, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Jul 2022

Abstract

Social media has become prominent major source of information in our world today. Although the unique popularity of social media has infiltrated into undergraduates’ daily trajectories and become a vital part of their communication, yet surprisingly many undergraduates do not use social media for information relating to their academics little did they know that virtually all the information they need about their academics and practical can be gotten on social media. In order to address such research gap, the main objective of this research is to examine the perceive influence of the use of social media on information seeking behaviour of undergraduates in Nigeria universities. The study implored descriptive survey design, using Slovin’s formula and simple random sampling technique; three hundred ninety-eight (398) participants were conveniently sampled out of a population of 64,447 students. Findings revealed that undergraduates in make use of social media for information search often and it has been a reliable source of information for them. It is recommended that undergraduates should sharpen and improve their information literacy skills so as to overcome the challenges of unregulated nature of social media content. Social media has greatly impacted the information seeking behaviour of undergraduates in Nigeria universities

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jinav

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Engineering Library & Information Science Mathematics

Description

JINAV: Journal of Information and Visualization is an international peer-reviewed open-access journal dedicated to interchange for the results of high-quality research in all aspects of information science and technology, data, knowledge, communication, and their visualization. The journal publishes ...