Do social media matter? Examining social media use and youths’ political participation during the 2019 Nigerian general elections

Lambe Kayode Mustaphaa Department of Mass Communication, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, NigeriaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]

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Bahiyah Omarb School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia, George Town, Malaysia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6484-6441

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