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