SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS BLOGS AND NEWS CREDIBILITY AMONG STUDENTS OF AKWA IBOM STATE POLYTECHNIC, IKOT OSURUA
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This study focused on Social Media News Blogs and News Credibility among Students of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua. In order to have focus, the following were the objectives: To find out if Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic students are exposed to social media news blogs. To ascertain the effect of news credibility on social media news blog among students of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic. The study adopted survey research method. The population of the study consisted of the students in School of Applied Science, School of Business and Management, School of communication Arts, School of Engineering and School of Environmental Studies of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, 2023/2024 academic session. The cluster random sampling procedure was used to select 375 respondents for the study. Findings revealed that; Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic students are exposed to social media news blogs. They are highly exposed to social media news blogs. They perceived social media news blog’s credibility in a negative way. The impact of social media news blogs on news credibility includes; reporting of fake news, Misinterpretation/misinformation, Unverified/unbalanced news and Manipulation of headlines. The study therefore recommended that; the polytechnic management should create awareness campaigns to educate students about the potential biases and sources of information in social media news blogs. This can help improve students' critical thinking and media literacy skills.s Media and information literacy courses should be introduce into the polytechnic curriculum to teach students how to evaluate the credibility of news sources, including social media news blogs.
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