Abstract
Social media platforms have emerged as a popular new medium that has integrated into our daily lives. Cell phones, iPods, and other portable media players have made it possible for people to carry a wealth of knowledge in the palm of their hands at all times. The advent of computer-mediated communication (also known as CMC) in the latter half of the 20th century is considered to be the seed from which social media sprang. This research aims to investigate the social media policy and the degree of compliance among undergraduate students in private and public universities in Osun State. Quantitative information was collected from 380 students at Redeemer’s University and Osun State University for this research. The study used a questionnaire to gather data from its respondents, using a quantitative research approach for its investigation. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyse the study. The findings indicate that undergraduates are not aware of the university policy regulations, but they inadvertently had a high degree of compliance overall. The researchers concluded that students typically comply with the rules, with just a small percentage straying from them on occasion. As a result, the study suggested that educational institutions should make students aware of the potential consequences of violating social media policies and emphasise the importance of complying with these policies.
Keywords: Compliance, Compliance Level, Policies, Social Media.