02720nam a2200469Ii 4500 9781787560147 UtOrBLW 20251029120719.0 m o d cr un||||||||| 181017s2018 enka b 001 0 eng d 9781787560147 (e-book) 9781787560161 (ePUB) UtOrBLW eng rda UtOrBLW f-nr--- HM851 .O43 2018 GTC bicssc LAN004000 bisacsh 316.3 Olabode, Shola Abidemi, author. 60316 Digital activism and cyberconflicts in Nigeria : occupy Nigeria, Boko Haram and mend / by Shola Abidemi Olabode (University of Hull, UK). Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018. ©2018 1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : illustrations ; cm. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Digital activism and society: politics, economy and culture in network communication Includes bibliographical references and index. This book offers an innovative contribution to the literature on digital activism and cyberconflicts. Analysing sociopolitical and ethnoreligious conflicts within an African-centred context, the author uses Nigeria as a lens to understand the digital and organisational aspects of digital media uses in the Occupy Nigeria movement protest, the Boko Haram conflict and The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) conflict. Timely, in a period of intense conflict across the globe, the author employs an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on the Cyberconflict Framework to examine conflicts emerging in computer-mediated environments. Examining the implications for socio-political and economic reform and change, the cases explored provide a snapshot of the emerging digital culture of conflict. The book contributes to existing knowledge by bridging the gap in the literature on digital activism and conflict as a field of study. Print version record Internet and activism Nigeria. 60317 Protest movements Nigeria. 60318 Social media Political aspects Nigeria. 60319 Language Arts & Disciplines, Communication Studies. bisacsh 59395 Communication studies. bicssc 59396 9781787560154 Digital activism and society. 57651 https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787560147 51725 51725