| Title: | Influence of Online Social Movements on Knowledge and Attitude towards Domestic Violence among Facebook Users in Kwara State, Nigeria |
| Author(s): | Bashirat Damilola Subair |
| Abstract: | Domestic violence is a menace that is ingrained in every society, however, it perpetuation has left a longing bruise in the psychology and physical make up of victims. Movement against this act has overtimes been championed both online and offline and it consequences are worth examining. It is against this backdrop that this study is inspired to assess the influence of movement against domestic violence on the thought and attitude of Facebook users. The study is premised on social learning theory and it undertook a questionnaire survey. Facebook communities were used in identifying Facebook users that are acquitted with domestic violence movement activities on Facebook. Facebook communities like Offaly domestic violence support service and Nigerians against domestic violence were platforms in which respondents for the study were selected.. Using the purposing sampling technique, a total of 220 respondents were purposely selected for this study. The questionnaire was designed with Google-form and 220 links were distributed across to the selected members of Facebook domestic violence community on Facebook via direct message (DM) of the selected respondents, a total of 173 responses were recorded from the exercise. Data were analyzed with statistical package for social science (SPSS), analytical results were through frequency and simple percentages .The findings of this study suggest that Facebook offers support for victims of domestic violence and orchestrate petitions to punish domestic violence perpetrators. Findings also indicate that Facebook provide enlightenment that reshape approaches of reacting to experiences of domestic. It is recommended that Facebook community should provide a rehabilitation section for perpetrators of domestic violence to remold their mental frame and make diminutive the record of domestic violence in the society. |
| Keywords: | Attitude, Domestic violence, Facebook, Facebook Movement, Thought |
