Publications

Publication details [#66370]

Ajiboye, Esther and Taiwo Abioye. 2019. When citizens talk: Stance and representation in online discourse on Biafra agitations. Discourse & Society 30 (2) : 117–134.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversation | critical discourse analysis | ideology | internet | self-representation

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

Biafra secessionist agitations in Nigeria continue to produce varied conversations online and offline. This inquiry applies critical discourse analysis and the appraisal framework in exploring social actor representations in the ongoing Biafra agitations in Nigeria.