NEW-AGE MEDIA: AN INEVITABLE TOOL FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA

Information Communication Technology has continued to develop irrevocably, and it has therefore changed man's modus operandi in terms of administering the public. Therefore, the new age media contextually is the use of ICT as a platform where people of various backgrounds express their divergent opinions and research outputs on issues relating to the advancement in public service delivery in ways that improve interaction with the state and subsequently propels sustainable development. Hence, this study seeks to examine the impact of media revolution on public administration in Nigeria. Qualitative technique was adopted and the finding from this paper revealed that one of the reasons why the new age media has become an inevitable tool for public administration in Nigeria is because the ICT has created an alternative method for the electorate to be able to monitor the implementation of public policies resulting in better quality of service delivery and increased satisfaction in governance outcomes. It therefore recommends and concludes that since technology has increased access to information in government business making it obvious that public administration is no longer limited to the political elites and bureaucrats ,it has become expedient for the academia in collaboration with ICT experts and the ministry of communications, Ministry of Information and Culture to work together in regulating corrupting information like hate speech and propaganda capable of riling up the people into insurgency or political violence