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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| author | Agaptus Nwozor Olanrewaju O. P. Ajakaiye Onjefu Okidu Alex Olanrewaju Oladiran Afolabi |
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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 and the underlying hate speech that emanated therefrom. In this context, this paper seeks to critically evaluate how political supporters and electorates used the instrumentality of Facebook to share hate messages during the 2019 presidential election and its impact on Nigeria’s political space. The results of this paper indicate widespread dissemination of hate comments by political supporters and electorates in the furtherance of their support for their preferred presidential candidates. The paper advocates responsible use of Facebook in electioneering and the imperative of regulation to guard against the circulation of hate electoral comments that could heat up the political arena and trigger electoral violence.
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| spelling | doaj.art-56053368e40a493fb13c0a06822425fa2022-12-22T04:27:08ZengDanube-University KremsJeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government2075-95172022-07-01141Social Media in Politics: Interrogating Electorate-Driven Hate Speech in Nigeria's 2019 Presidential CampaignsAgaptus Nwozor0Olanrewaju O. P. Ajakaiye1Onjefu Okidu2Alex Olanrewaju3Oladiran Afolabi4Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara StateMass communication Programme, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, NigeriaMass communication Programme, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, NigeriaDepartment of Political Science and international Relations, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, NigeriaDepartment of Political Science and Diplomatic Studies, Bowen University 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 and the underlying hate speech that emanated therefrom. In this context, this paper seeks to critically evaluate how political supporters and electorates used the instrumentality of Facebook to share hate messages during the 2019 presidential election and its impact on Nigeria’s political space. The results of this paper indicate widespread dissemination of hate comments by political supporters and electorates in the furtherance of their support for their preferred presidential candidates. The paper advocates responsible use of Facebook in electioneering and the imperative of regulation to guard against the circulation of hate electoral comments that could heat up the political arena and trigger electoral violence. https://jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/683Social MediaFacebookHate SpeechElectionsNigeria |
| spellingShingle | Agaptus Nwozor Olanrewaju O. P. Ajakaiye Onjefu Okidu Alex Olanrewaju Oladiran Afolabi Social Media in Politics: Interrogating Electorate-Driven Hate Speech in Nigeria's 2019 Presidential Campaigns JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government Social Media Hate Speech Elections Nigeria |
| title | Social Media in Politics: Interrogating Electorate-Driven Hate Speech in Nigeria's 2019 Presidential Campaigns |
| title_full | Social Media in Politics: Interrogating Electorate-Driven Hate Speech in Nigeria's 2019 Presidential Campaigns |
| title_fullStr | Social Media in Politics: Interrogating Electorate-Driven Hate Speech in Nigeria's 2019 Presidential Campaigns |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Media in Politics: Interrogating Electorate-Driven Hate Speech in Nigeria's 2019 Presidential Campaigns |
| title_short | Social Media in Politics: Interrogating Electorate-Driven Hate Speech in Nigeria's 2019 Presidential Campaigns |
| title_sort | social media in politics interrogating electorate driven hate speech in nigeria s 2019 presidential campaigns |
| topic | Social Media Hate Speech Elections Nigeria |
| url | https://jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/683 |
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