PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF PNEUMONIA MESSAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA: A STUDY OF JOS NORTH AND JOS SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA
| dc.contributor.author | Lamai, Ochanya Mercy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-03-04T12:51:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-03-04T12:51:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-03-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The focus of the study is on public perception of social media agenda setting on pneumonia ailment in in Jos South and Jos North Local Government Areas of Plateau State, Nigeria. Survey research was used with questionnaire as the instrument of data collection. Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) were used to explain the theoretical aspect of the study. The estimated population was of the two local government areas is l, 101, 300. The sample size used for the study was 300, which were purposively selected. Findings revealed the most used social media among the studied population are WhatsApp and Facebook. The study also found that the type of pneumonia messages that the respondents received from Facebook, WhatsApp, Tiktok, Twitter and Instagram include messages that pneumonia causes cough, fever, chills and difficulty in breathing, chest pain, confusion or changes in mental awareness, and fatigue. Others are sweating and lower than normal body temperature. Others are sweating and lower than normal body temperature, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea and new born and infants may not show any sign of the infection. The study also revealed that the messages the respondents get from the studied social media include get vaccinated to prevent the disease, ensuring that children get vaccinated, practice good hygiene, stop smoking, and keep your immune system strong by sleeping enough, doing exercises regularly and eating healthy diet. It was recommended among others that governments and its agencies should create social media platforms sorely for enlightening the people about the scourge of pneumonia. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Lamai O.M. (2023) Public Perception of Pneumonia Messages on Social Media: A Study of Jos North and Jos South Local Governments in Plateau State, Nigeria | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/7616 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Department Of Mass Communication, Nasarawa State University, keffi | |
| dc.subject | Social media | |
| dc.subject | perception pneumonia | |
| dc.subject | messages | |
| dc.subject | Social media | |
| dc.subject | perception pneumonia | |
| dc.subject | messages | |
| dc.title | PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF PNEUMONIA MESSAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA: A STUDY OF JOS NORTH AND JOS SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA | |
| dc.type | Article |