A Survey of Facebook Usage in North East of Nigeria

Abstract

The study is on a survey of Facebook usage in the North Eastern Nigeria. The objective of the research is to find out the level of usage of Facebook in the North Eastern States of Nigeria. The study find out that majority 198(66.00%) of the respondents said they accessed their Facebook account daily. Minority 2(0.67%) of the respondents said they accessed their Facebook account monthly. Majority 105(35.00%) of the respondents said they used their Facebook account for communicating with friends only. While minority 16(5.35%) of the respondents said they used their Facebook accounts for communicating with friends and for relationship. The findings further revealed that majority 118(39.33%) of the respondents said the type of people they meet on Facebook were friends, college mates and family members, while minority 4(1.34%) of the respondents said the type of people they meet on Facebook were close friends and people that are not known to them. Majority 149(49.67%) of the respondents said the challenges they encountered in the use of Facebook was low internet speed. The study recommends among otherthings that, government should mandate the internet providers to switch over from G3 to G4,  This way the problem of low internet speed would be a thing of the past. The study then concluded that, all Facebook users no matter their age, sex, and cultural background have one thing in common, that is, they use the platform to communicate with their friends and loved ones.

Keywords: Communication, Facebook, Friendship, Internet &Social media