Publications
Publication details [#56503]
Chiluwa, Innocent. 2012. Social media networks and the discourse of resistance: A sociolinguistic CDA of Biafra online discourses. Discourse & Society 23 (3) : 217–244.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications
Journal WWW
Annotation
Drawing on Biafra Online Campaign Groups (BOCG) discourses', this sociolinguistic Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) explores how the Igbo ethnic group of Nigeria employs sociolinguistic issues such as virtual community, identity, language variations and social interaction in their struggle for self-determination and political independence.