Office of the citizen: a qualitative analysis of Twitter activity during the Lekki shooting in Nigeria's #EndSARS protests

In recent times, SNSs have been influential in re-shaping social movements. Not only do they allow access to cheaper and quicker mobilization resources for demonstrators, they also allow them to circumvent conventional communication networks to create their own narratives and thus gain communicative...

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Published inInformation, communication & society Vol. 25; no. 15; pp. 2246 - 2263
Main Authors Dambo, Tamar Haruna, Ersoy, Metin, Auwal, Ahmad Muhammad, Olorunsola, Victor Oluwafemi, Saydam, Mehmet Bahri
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 18.11.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Anger
Communication networks
communicative power
Demonstrations & protests
Diaspora
EndSARS
Lekki shooting
Local media
Mass media
Media coverage
Mobilization
Night
Qualitative analysis
Qualitative research
Shooting
SNSs
Social movements
Nigeria
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Summary:In recent times, SNSs have been influential in re-shaping social movements. Not only do they allow access to cheaper and quicker mobilization resources for demonstrators, they also allow them to circumvent conventional communication networks to create their own narratives and thus gain communicative power. Therefore, the study explores the Twitter activities of the #EndSARS protesters in Nigeria on the night of the Lekki shooting with the specific objective of evaluating the role of influencers within the movement as well as establishing the various manifestations and expressions of anger or hope as tweeted by participants in the protests. The study discovered that users relied more on foreign media than local media for coverage while Nigerians in diaspora fueled information spreading about the protests on the night of the shooting.
ISSN:1369-118X
1468-4462
DOI:10.1080/1369118X.2021.1934063