Role of social media in Promoting Community Engagement and Development in Rural Areas of Rivers State

Abstract

The study examined role of social media in promoting community engagement and development in rural areas of Rivers State The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The area of study covered 10 Communities in Nkoro and Andoni Local Government Areas of Rivers State. The population of the study comprised 307 youths and community base organization from the selected communities in Nkoro and Andoni Local Government Area. The study adopted total enumeration method in which the entire population was studied without sampling due to the manageable size of the population. Instrument for data collection in this study was a self-structured designed questionnaire titled “role of social media in promoting community engagement and development in rural areas of Rivers State Questionnaire" (RSMPCEDRARSQ) The instrument was validated, and the reliability established at 0.86 using Pearson. Mean and standard deviation were used in answering the research questions while z-test was used in testing the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze research questions while the hypotheses were tested using z-test statistical tool. A reliability coefficient of 0.76 was obtained through test-re-test method. The following recommendations were made: Emphasis on social media platforms used in Promoting Community Engagement and Development in Rural Areas of Rivers State should be improved on. Among others.