Evaluation of Social Media Blogs’ Posts on Insecurity in Nigeria Towards Achieving Social Stability: Study of Lindaikejiblog and Instablog9ja

Abstract:

Blogs are basic and special platforms for the dissemination of information, education and entertainment and they serve essential roles in the current technological advanced society we live in. Insecurity has become an unruly issue for public discussion in Nigeria which social media blogs have in their discretion bring to the public sphere through their posts. Hence, this study aims to evaluate two popular social media blogs’ Lindaikejiblog and Instablog9ja, posts on insecurity in Nigeria to ascertain the role of their posts toward achieving social stability. This study is anchored on the framing theory of the mass media and will rely on textual analysis research design as a form of qualitative analysis method. It was found that though these blogs are always up to date vis-a-vis reporting insecurity occurrences and situations in Nigeria, their styles of reportage do not in any way propagate social stability as their news slants were quite distinctive; Lindaikejiblog uses conventional news writing style and a neutral framing style, while Instablog9ja utilizes flowery style in their insecurity news presentations. The study therefore recommends that social media blogs should avoid bias and sentiments in the captioning of their headlines on insecurity issues to help promote security consciousness and spur government agencies to action. Keywords: Blogs, Evaluation, Insecurity, Posts, Social Media, Social Stability.