SOCIAL MEDIA, ILLEGAL OIL BUNKERING AS PREDICTORS OF NATIONAL INSECURITY AMONG YOUTHS IN RIVERS STATE
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This study investigated social media, illegal oil bunkering as predictors of national Insecurity among youths in Rivers State. Three research questions and three corresponding hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The research design for this study was correlational design. The estimated population for this study was 50,000 youths in Rivers State. This estimation was because as at the time of this study there was no accurate figure in any government department housing the population of youths in Rivers State. The sample size of this study comprised 400 youths in Rivers State. Statefied random sampling technique was adopted for the study. Two instruments titled: “Social Media and Illegal Oil Bunkering Inventory" (SMIOBI) and “National Insecurity Accessment Scale" (NIAS) was used for data collection. The instruments (SMIOBI) and (NIAS) were validated based on face and content validities by experts. Cronbach alpha reliability statistics was used to compute the general reliability coefficient of (SMIOBI) to be 0.76 and (NIAS) to be 0.79. Simple regression was used to answer research question 1-3 and their corresponding hypotheses was also tested at 0.05 Alpha level of significance. The findings of the study show that: Social networking sites, viideo sharing and hosting sites, and illegal oil bunkering significantly predicted national insecurity in Rivers State. Based on the findings of this study conclusion, recommendations and implications for counselling were made
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School Media, Illegal Oil Bunkering, Predictors and National InsecurityDownloads
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