IMPACT OF FACEBOOK AND 2GO AS AN EFFECTIVE INTERPERSONAL MEDIA OF COMMUNICATION

This study shows the impact of Facebook and 2Go as effective interpersonal communication media, with a particular focus on students at Osun State Polytechnic in Illy. There is no doubt that the world is entirely in a global village, as Professor Marshall McLuhan proposed. According to Professor McLuhan, the world is now compressed into a single electronic space, and information can be exchanged from near and far with the click of a mouse. However, social media, especially in his ICT era, the internet he is one of his tools allowing for effective, interactive, human and immediate feedback in communication between people. It is undeniable that the social media Facebook, especially he 2go, is the most popular and effective means to communicate and interact with each other regardless of time and place. The research method was employed using questionnaires to collect data from respondents. It is recommended that Nigerian students should make good use of integrated media so as not to be limited to one or a few sources when there are many. Teens also need to ensure that they maintain existing offline relationships while creating value, even when these forms of electronic media are available. Future researchers should therefore conduct research that gets students to talk about personal issues such as social identity.