Social media usage and civic engagement among communication students

This study through a quantitative survey and purposive sampling approach examined the use of social media for civic engagement among 200 students at Ghana Institute Journalism, National Film Television African University College Communications. Data were gathered from primary secondary sources. The revealed that there is strong positive correlation between usage communication participation. majority are active users with Facebook being most preferred choice. research contributes to in highlights essence political actors capitalising on numerous advantages provided by reaching out larger group citizens engagement.