SOCIAL MEDIA MISINFORMATION AMONG RELIGIOUS ADHERENTS IN LAGOSSTATE: ISLAMIC RECIPE
Traditionalsocietywasaworldofunityamongdifferentfoldsincludingreligiousadherents.Everytemptingissueduringthisperiodwaseasilyresolvedsincefacetofacemotionandcounter-motionwerecarriedoutamongconcernmembers.So,peacereignedandtensionavertedwithease.However,withtheemergenceoftechnologicalerathatturnsthew...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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| In: |
Religions' educator
Year: 2021, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 90-96 |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam
B Social media B Peace B Nigeria |
| Summary: | Traditionalsocietywasaworldofunityamongdifferentfoldsincludingreligiousadherents.Everytemptingissueduringthisperiodwaseasilyresolvedsincefacetofacemotionandcounter-motionwerecarriedoutamongconcernmembers.So,peacereignedandtensionavertedwithease.However,withtheemergenceoftechnologicalerathatturnstheworldtoglobalvillage,thepeaceoftraditionalsocietywastruncatedandtensionsprungespeciallyamongreligiousadherents.Tothisend,restoringpeacebecomesnecessaryifcordialrelationshipthatexistduringtheoldendayswhereindividualsarebrethrenkeepermustbebroughtback.Thispapertherefore,methodologicallyusestextualanalysiscontainedintheGloriousQur’an49:6-9amongothersandhistoricalsurveyofreligioustensiontoadvocatemeansthroughwhichsocialmediainformationcanbescrutinized.TheresultshowsthatbothformidablereligionsinNigeria(ChristianityandIslam)preachpeacebuthearsayamongsomeelementsopenwallforthepenetrationoflizardamongthem.Itthenrecommendsthatverificationofallsocialmediainformation be carried out with absolute objectivity before any action can be taken. |
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| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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