TECHNICAL USE OF LANGUAGE AND NEW MEDIA TO ATTAIN COLLABORATIVE PROFESSIONALISM, SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND NATION-BUILDING

Abstract

The role of language and new media in attaining collaboration among professionals of different fields and peoples of different ethno-religious backgrounds cannot be over-emphasised. The aim of this study is to prove its assertion that language and new media can be used technically to attain collaborative professionalism, social integration and nation-building. In proving it, the study relies on evidence from extant literatures, and oral data from 168 participants engaged in focus group discussion. The descriptive survey design and qualitative method along with the allied tools are employed for data analysis. The analysis demonstrates that collaborative professionalism, social integration and nation-building can be attained when language and new media are used technically and appropriately. The study concludes that while appropriate use of language and new media engenders collaborative professionalism, social integration and nation-building, the otherwise use causes incoherent professionalism, social disintegration, national underdevelopment and issues of intergroup relations. It calls for collaboration and interdisciplinary partnership among professionals of the different fields of human endeavors. Also, it charges all and sundry to use language and new media appropriately at all times.