Use of Social Media by Agricultural Undergraduate Students in Selected Universities in Nigeria

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Information and Communication Technologies Usage among Agricultural Students of Tertiary Institutions in Southwest of Nigeria

“…This suggests that tertiary agricultural students use ICT tools to be aware of the current happenings around the globe, for leisure activities, enhancement of their academic prowess and for social interaction. This validates the findings of Namita (2017) and Orifah et al (2017) that students in higher institution of learning use ICT tools for gathering and disseminating information that are academic, leisure and social incline in nature. The result in Table 3 further shows that more than half (51.3%) of the respondents had high level of purpose of using ICTs.…”

“…These ICT has been found resourceful for information management (gather, analyse, store, transfer and present data among others) in the areas of commerce, law, engineering, aviation, finance, medicine, architecture, banking and finance, insurance, and of agricultural activities among others. The relevance and high demand for its usage has made it to be a companion of the students in all fields of study including the potential agricultural experts at all cadre of higher institution of learning (Orifah, Ijeoma, Olajide, andWigwe, 2017 andOnodugo, 2016).…”

“…Several authors have studied the use of ICTs among categories of users in Nigeria and other climes (Orifah et al, 2017;Adavbiele, 2016;Hamilton-Ekeke and Mbachu, 2015) however, it is important to probe the specific reasons agricultural students of higher institutions users employ each ICTs. Hence, the study investigated purposes of Information and Communication Technologies usage among agricultural students of tertiary institution in Southwest of Nigeria.…”

Informational features of WhatsApp in everyday life in Madrid: An exploratory study

“…In this regard, the greater importance of information in social media has been brought to attention [52], as supported by several studies [53,54]. In the case of MIMs, the dominant role of the exchange of practical information in these applications, in comparison to social media, had always been emphasised, as in the case of WeChat [22,55].…”