» ASSESSING THE IMPLICATION OF ELICIT SPREAD OF COVID 19 INFORMTION ON TWITTER CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study A novel corona virus outbreak was first documented in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in December 2019. As of this writing(,Kate Starbird, 2020) it has…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The internet is a worldwide network of connected computers that makes use of the internet protocol suite (TCPT/IP) to serve billions of users (Wikipedia, 2011). It is a network of millions of private, public, academic, corporate, and government…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Over time, the media has come to be seen as the society's watchdog, with its information/monitoring duties considered a sine qua non for democracy and effective government. In a paradoxical way, one might argue that social media is a 21st centu…Continue Reading »
