Social media is generally a well known concept among internet and its usage seems to be increasing all around the world (Piia, 2015). Although almost all the young adults have a similar idea of how social media can be defined, the usage of these platforms varies rather greatly according to the user (Piia, 2015). It has been noted that young adults use social media and particularly social networking sites such as Facebook for many purposes. Some of these include;
Posting pictures on ones profile (Telling people what they are doing, feeling, eating, about to do) Posting comments, videos and or pictures on other persons profile (On people’s wall) Liking peoples comments and status, sending messages to people, creating events and extending invitations, creating groups for people (some of whom share common interests) to join as well as posting links to events. (Waller, 2013)
Social media also help them to stay in
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Social media can influence the reputations of political candidates in the eyes of potential adult (Douglas and Sara et at, 2015). As political conversations often emerge spontaneously in non-political spaces, audiences will be affected by candidates SM [social media] presence, regardless of whether they sought out the political information (Douglas and Sara et at, 2015).
According to reports by CNN concerning the 2007/2008 post election violence, many horrifying images and posts went viral on social media and were seen by a large nber of Kenyans and as a result triggered widespread clashes around the country.Hate messages against a certain ethinc tribe in Kenya were also shared. Majority of those who participated in the posting and sharing of images on sites like facebook are the young adults. Stemlace and Price (2009) also recognizes the great influence social media has in inciting