IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON MOBILISATION OF YOUTHS FOR THE 2020 #ENDSARS PROTEST IN LAGOS, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study was based on the Impact of Social Media on Mobilisation of Youths for the 2020 #EndSARS Protest in Lagos, Nigeria. The aim of the study was to measure youth level of exposure to contents on Mobilisation for the EndSARS protest, to identify the social media platforms used in the Mobilisation for the EndSARS protest in, and to determine the impact of social media content on youth Mobilisation during the EndSARS protest in Lagos, Nigeria. The instrument of data collection used were the structured questionnaire, distributed to a sample size of 400 through Google form. The data gathered was thereafter analysed, presented and interpreted using the descriptive data analysis technique by presenting the data in tables. The results from the data analysis showed that majority of participant in the #EndSARS protest were youths between the age 18-25, they vividly understood everything about the concept of #EndSARS protest. According to what youths do say, if you can’t go out for the protest just be active on twitter. Therefore, this study shows that twitter was the main instrument used in the Mobilisation of youths for the #EndSARS protest that took place in Lagos Nigeria. This study therefore recommends that more researches should be conducted on social media and #EndSARS protest specially to know if there are any other platform that could have done better than Twitter and why majority agreed that there was no rules or laws violated by social media during the #EndSARS protest. Also, the study suggested that there should be a way of educating and enlightening people on certain ethics of social media and the consequence of violating them and finally social media should be encouraged in all institution