SOCIAL MEDIA AND READING BOOKS: THE PARADIGM SHIFT IN NIGERIAN DIGITAL ERA

Abstract

This study is on social media and reading books: a paradigm shift in Nigeria digital era. This study is a theoretical and pragmatic reviews of literature of conceptualized views and survey reports on social media and the distinctive changes in reading habits. The paper highlighted the social media and its incredible and exciting technological perplexities which allure users to toss aside the characteristic norm of reading books for knowledge and information. Also in the paper are amazing futures of smart gadgets with wide range possibilities. The paper illustrates that despite technological bewilderment, reading books cannot be replaced by social media applications. The paper asserts that the future of reading books would be brighter with more advance technologies that would be integrated with the social media to help people reading books better even without the reader holding a book. The paper affirms that so long as the human race exited, reading books cannot die.

Keywords: Information, Nigerian Digital Era, Reading Books, Social Media.

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