Insecurities and Social Media: Sociodrama as a Socio-Therapeutic Alternative
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2019-06
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University of Uyo Journal of Cultural Research
Abstract
In the last one and a half decade, there has been a massive proliferation of social media
use as well as an astronomical surge in the numbers of people with access to handheld and
tabletop gadgets. While a dramatic reporting of news bordering on insecurity has become
commonplace as shown in the information disseminated through these media, the reality is
no doubt, as frightful as these social spaces convey. How much of a haven can citizens
pretend to have when physical assaults, cannibalism, extrajudicial killings, and terrorism
are the order of the day? This paper shall explore commonplace social media dramatic
reports that border on societal insecurities, insurgencies, and inhuman behaviours replete
in every social media platforms. The paper argues that attendant humanistic tendencies
that drive people to share and comment on these recurrent social vices, vis-à-vis
corresponding responses by concerned individuals, NGOs and government agencies have
driven the multiplier effect of communal and socio-therapeutic gains. This paper,
therefore, proposes a systematic virtual therapy, based on Morello's theory of sociodrarna
to discuss and evaluate spontaneous traumatic news of insecurities in clustered groups
within societies.
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Media, Dramatic, Insecurities, Trauma, Therapy