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Accepted Paper:

Social media and social networks among Muslim organisations in disseminating Islamic messages: a study of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, MSSN, Lagos chapter, Nigeria  
Adepate Mustapha-Koiki (University of Lagos)

Paper short abstract:

Exploring the use of social media and networking among Islamic youth organisations in tertiary institutions in Nigeria to harness their thoughts.

Paper long abstract:

With computer technology information can now be assessed in one's palm and right on one's bed! Hence, the internet has become "the new normal". The Pew Foundation asserted that, Since the internet supplements the traditional surveillance function of the mass media, when there is any news event, interested parties post blogs for others to read. Bloggers posted first-hand accounts of the 2005 terrorist bombings in London. In the aftermath of Operation Iraqi Freedom, bloggers provided details about life in Baghdad. With Blogs, interested parties are encouraged to chime in their opinions. Against this background, this paper examined the extent which Islamic youth organizations like the Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria, MSSN, in tertiary institutions use the social media to harness their thoughts on Islamic issues and how much of networking do its members engage in to disseminate Islamic messages.

Panel P169
Religion and media in twentieth-century Africa
  Session 1