THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING ON STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS’ ELECTIONEERING CAMPAIGN, A STUDY OF THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (TAPASA) A.B.U ZARIA
THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING ON STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS’ ELECTIONEERING CAMPAIGN, A STUDY OF THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (TAPASA) A.B.U ZARIA
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2014-06
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Bawa, Daniel Tozabye Gideon
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Abstract
This study is focused on examining the potentials of the social media in fostering
democratic/participatory culture in students electioneering campaign amongst Theatre
and Performing Arts Student Association (TAPASA) A.B.U. Zaria Over the years
different attempts at participatory processes have been employed by practitioners to
empower communities with the ability to be part of decision making in installing leaders
into positions of leadership, and to act for themselves in order to effect social change
and attain their own development through participation in democratic process. Political
systems and types of democracy at different levels and at different times in Nigeria have
been employed in an attempt to translate Nigeria from a developing country to a
developed country. Students who characterize the younger generation have also thrown
a shot at politics at different levels, but the outcomes, are still far from the desired result.
Development expects have used methods such as Participatory Learning and Action
(PLA), Theatre for Development (TFD) and the likes to get people actively involved in
democratic politics and to make democratic processes a catalyst to reaching true and
sustainable development. However with the rapid growth in the usage of the social
media, and its consequent capacity to facilitate connectivity between numerous
individual across distant boundaries, this study looks at the potential of Social media as
a communication medium where students can easily participate in Student Association
political processes at electioneering level. This will further enable student’s participation
in the deliberative processes through which mutual agreement towards sustainable
development could be attained. The research studies two political campaign groups on
Facebook (shamagana justice vanguard and Emekaloveday 4 president), of two political
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dispensation in Theatre and Performing Arts Students Association (TAPASA) Ahmadu
Bello University Zaria.
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BEING A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE
SCHOOL AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF A MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE (MA) IN
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION,
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
Keywords
SOCIAL NETWORKING,, THEATRE,, PERFORMING ARTS,, STUDENTS,, ASSOCIATION,, ZARIA.