This book offers fresh insights on digital activism and cyberconflicts through a comparison of sociopolitical and ethnoreligious movements in Nigeria. Occupy Nigeria, Boko Haram and The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) highlight the digital and organizational aspects of conflict mobilization in contemporary Nigeria.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Mapping the political economy of media industry and ICT infrastructural development in Nigeria -- Empirical accounts of digital activism and cyberconflicts -- The Occupy Nigeria protest -- The Boko Haram conflict -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) -- The use of information and communication technologies in conflicts : a reappraisal.
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