Social Media in Politics: Interrogating Electorate-Driven Hate Speech in Nigeria's 2019 Presidential Campaigns

Social media has become an indispensable and dominant means of communication and dissemination of information worldwide. This paper focuses on the use of Facebook by political supporters and electorates to canvass for support for their preferred presidential candidates in the 2019 general elections...

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Main Authors: Agaptus Nwozor, Olanrewaju O. P. Ajakaiye, Onjefu Okidu, Alex Olanrewaju, Oladiran Afolabi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Danube-University Krems 2022-07-01
Series:JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government
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Online Access:https://www.jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/683