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Attitude Of Tertiary Students In Abia State Towards Instagram Selfies
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Of The Study
Social media
currently seem to take the centre stage in the field of information and
communication technology(Nche, 2012). It has become an integral part of
modern society. Consequently, social networking websites such as
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have created new ways to socialize and
interact. Users of these sites are able to add a wide variety of
information to pages, to pursue common interests and to connect with
others (Idrus & Hitam, 2014). The interactions in social medias are
most of issues of entertainment, education, society activities,
environment and of personal interest. The curiosity that exist among the
youth in this advent of social media technologies such like the
“Instagramâ€, can be attributed to the globalization of the society.
Instagram
is a social media platform by which communication is shared among
friends in order to keep close relationship beyond inter-face with each
other. Kaplan (2010) defined Instagram as a social media, which serves
as platform for sharing social interest, and build on the ideological
and technological foundations of web which allow the creation and
exchange of user generated content. Verster (2010) observed that
Instagram is fast becoming the default internet mode of interaction,
communication and collaborationâ€. In Nigeria, for instance, social media
sites especially Instagram, have apparently become common, especially
among the students due to the daily use of the Selfie features of the
application.
A new genre of self- expression “Selfies†- amateur
self-photographs, often shared with others through Instagram likewise
other social networking sites (Weiser, 2018) has now become a common and
popular gateways to online world, especially in the area of
self-disclosure. Studies have shown the students to be more active in
selfie disclosures(Dhir, Torsheim, Pallesen & Andreassen, 2016;
Baiocco, Bianchi, Chirumbolo, Morelli, Ioverno & Nappa 2016) cited
in Weiser, 2018; and in the use of Instagram network profile picture
construction. Literature also suggests that these students are also more
likely than Adults to engage in a “selfie policy†that emphasizes the
selection of ideal photos (Senft & Baym, 2015) and engage more in
own selfie disclosures than any other type of selfies, such as group
selfies and selfies with a partner. This study is therefore focused on
ascertaining attitude of tertiary students towards Instagram selfies.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study was carried out to examine the attitude of tertiary students in Abia state towards Instagram selfies using Abia State University Uturu as a case study. To achieve this, the significant research objectives were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprises of students of Abia State University Uturu. In determining the sample size, the researcher conveniently selected 229 respondents while 2 ... Continue reading---
