International news discourse after the emergence of social media

The unidirectional flow of information on the international system favouring the positive portrayal of the North at the expense of the disadvantaged negatively portrayed South has generated a lot of controversy across the globe from time immemorial. However, this study examines the status of the flow of information particularly with the advent of social media networks which were none existing when this discourse was conceptualized initially to ascertain whether the flow of information is still unidirectional or has changed to bidirectional or multidirectional. The study reveals that the introduction of social media networks has changed the unilateralism in the flow of news favouring only the North at the expense of the South by giving everyone an equal space for participation. The study therefore recommends that the Third World Nations and Nigeria by extension who were crying foul against the inequality and imbalance should now rise and take advantage of the huge communication resources provided by the social media in articulating themselves within the committee of nations.