Ahmad Muhammad Auwal
Biographic Data
| ID | 3534223 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ahmad Muhammad Auwal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ahmad Muhammad |
| FAMILY NAME | Auwal |
| SIGNATURE | AUWAL A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Mediterranean University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9668-2995 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Trends in political and journalistic tweeting during electoral campaigns: A glimpse from Nigeria’s digital democracy
Extensive research has explored the evolving dynamics and influence of social media, particularly the X platform (formerly Twitter), on various aspects of political communication and journalism across borders. However, only a few studies examine trends in its use for election campaigns and journalism in sub-Saharan Africa, from the perspective of media logics and intermedia agenda-setting. To address this gap, we analyzed trends in the use of X b…
Journalism for People, for Elite: Redefining the Protest Paradigm Through the Lens of Peace-oriented Journalism
Research shows that media coverage of civil protests routinely follows a pattern theorized as the “protest paradigm,” predominantly framing demonstrations negatively while favoring protest targets, who are often elite groups. This dominant pattern has drawn criticisms, calling for a redefinition of how protest reporting is interpreted. In response, this study proposes a peace journalism framework that synthesizes the impact of media portrayals on…
Journalism in crisis: Assessing people-centric and elite-centric media coverage of Nigeria’s #EndBadGovernance protests
Network Flow of Campaign Discourses and News Frames: The Changing Fortunes of Twitter/X as a Conduit for Frame-Building
Periodic changes continue to impact the fortunes of Twitter as a political communication and news-sharing platform, particularly among diverse individual and institutional African users. Yet few studies provide empirical insights into Twitter’s changing role in campaign communication and its influence on news frame-building across the region, mainly in Nigeria. This study bridges the gap by analysing n = 763 tweets to determine how the political …
Populist and Anti-Populist Discourses in Nigerian and Turkish Presidential Elections: Populist Zeitgeist Debate Revisited
Today, many scholars question whether populism has indeed become the zeitgeist detriment of democracies around the globe. This study compares populist discourses in Nigeria and Türkiye during their 2023 presidential campaigns. Utilizing Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), it explores how did the victorious presidential candidates employ digital media platforms to disseminate their populist and anti-populist messages? This research reveals that Bol…
"Tweeting "in the language they understand: A peace journalism conception of political contexts and media narratives on Nigeria's Twitter ban
The rise of social media usage has generated global debates over efforts to address widening concerns through moderation of user practices and content that potentially undermine public safety and security. Content moderation has become a politically contested issue globally, while also attracting more attention across Africa and Nigeria in recent times. A case in point is the seven-month ban imposed on Twitter by the immediate-past government of …
Peace journalism strategy for covering online political discourses in a multipolar society and the new public sphere
The relationship between political competition and social polarization has been studied extensively while overlooking the divisive rhetoric in online political discourses and how media’s coverage creates the social-psychological barriers to peace and a unified sense of national identity/unity. Adapting Galtung’s peace-journalism model through the qualitative content and news frame analyses of contenders’ tweeting activities and news coverage duri…
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 power. Therefore, the study explores the Twitter activities of the #EndSARS protesters in Nigeria on the night of the Lekki shooting with the specifi…
Chastising the child of necessity: Peace journalism and Almajiri repatriation during Covid-19
COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges to global health and livelihoods. While countries take measures to protect their citizens and reduce hardships on vulnerable populations who seem to suffer most, COVID-19 puts a spotlight on Nigeria’s severe problem of child neglect. We investigate Nigerian newspapers’ adoption of a peace journalism approach to emphasize the underlying causes of child neglect in their reporting of the oppressive de…
Influence of Political Tweets on Campaign Coverage: Building the News Agenda in Twittersphere
Research has presented empirical evidence to suggest a causal relationship between how political actors use Twitter to share information and media coverage. This affirms the use of political tweets as information subsidies. Studies on this area from Sub-Sahara Africa and particularly Nigeria are however visibly absent. This study attempts to bridge this gap by exploring how tweets from two prominent presidential candidates in Nigeria’s 2019 gener…
Nigeria's # EndSars movement and its implication on online protests in Africa's most populous country
Modern tools of connectivity have afforded disadvantaged youth across the globe the opportunity to collectively share and curate challenges and build up strategies to protest marginalization. This argument is however sharply divided between tech‐optimists, who argue that social media remove all forms of barrier and empower average members of society and tech‐pessimists who argue that social media discourage people from actively seeking change. Th…
The Complexities of New Media: Can the ‘Web Media’ Completely Erase Traditional Media from the Communication Industry
Over the years, there has been a popular outcry among investors and operators in the communication industry that the advent of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) will affect the survival and mode of operation of the traditional media, especially newspapers and magazines. Although it is not in doubt that these technologies pose serious challenges to the survival of mainstream media. This has generated controversies as to whether…
Nigeria's # EndSars movement and its implication on online protests in Africa's most populous country
Modern tools of connectivity have afforded disadvantaged youth across the globe the opportunity to collectively share and curate challenges and build up strategies to protest marginalization. This argument is however sharply divided between tech‐optimists, who argue that social media remove all forms of barrier and empower average members of society and tech‐pessimists who argue that social media discourage people from actively seeking change. Th…
Chastising the child of necessity: Peace journalism and Almajiri repatriation during Covid-19
COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges to global health and livelihoods. While countries take measures to protect their citizens and reduce hardships on vulnerable populations who seem to suffer most, COVID-19 puts a spotlight on Nigeria’s severe problem of child neglect. We investigate Nigerian newspapers’ adoption of a peace journalism approach to emphasize the underlying causes of child neglect in their reporting of the oppressive de…
Influence of Political Tweets on Campaign Coverage: Building the News Agenda in Twittersphere
Research has presented empirical evidence to suggest a causal relationship between how political actors use Twitter to share information and media coverage. This affirms the use of political tweets as information subsidies. Studies on this area from Sub-Sahara Africa and particularly Nigeria are however visibly absent. This study attempts to bridge this gap by exploring how tweets from two prominent presidential candidates in Nigeria’s 2019 gener…
The Complexities of New Media: Can the ‘Web Media’ Completely Erase Traditional Media from the Communication Industry
Over the years, there has been a popular outcry among investors and operators in the communication industry that the advent of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) will affect the survival and mode of operation of the traditional media, especially newspapers and magazines. Although it is not in doubt that these technologies pose serious challenges to the survival of mainstream media. This has generated controversies as to whether…
Influence of Political Tweets on Campaign Coverage: Building the News Agenda in Twittersphere
Research has presented empirical evidence to suggest a causal relationship between how political actors use Twitter to share information and media coverage. This affirms the use of political tweets as information subsidies. Studies on this area from Sub-Sahara Africa and particularly Nigeria are however visibly absent. This study attempts to bridge this gap by exploring how tweets from two prominent presidential candidates in Nigeria’s 2019 gener…
Nigeria's # EndSars movement and its implication on online protests in Africa's most populous country
Modern tools of connectivity have afforded disadvantaged youth across the globe the opportunity to collectively share and curate challenges and build up strategies to protest marginalization. This argument is however sharply divided between tech‐optimists, who argue that social media remove all forms of barrier and empower average members of society and tech‐pessimists who argue that social media discourage people from actively seeking change. Th…
Peace journalism strategy for covering online political discourses in a multipolar society and the new public sphere
The relationship between political competition and social polarization has been studied extensively while overlooking the divisive rhetoric in online political discourses and how media’s coverage creates the social-psychological barriers to peace and a unified sense of national identity/unity. Adapting Galtung’s peace-journalism model through the qualitative content and news frame analyses of contenders’ tweeting activities and news coverage duri…
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 power. Therefore, the study explores the Twitter activities of the #EndSARS protesters in Nigeria on the night of the Lekki shooting with the specifi…
Chastising the child of necessity: Peace journalism and Almajiri repatriation during Covid-19
COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges to global health and livelihoods. While countries take measures to protect their citizens and reduce hardships on vulnerable populations who seem to suffer most, COVID-19 puts a spotlight on Nigeria’s severe problem of child neglect. We investigate Nigerian newspapers’ adoption of a peace journalism approach to emphasize the underlying causes of child neglect in their reporting of the oppressive de…
Network Flow of Campaign Discourses and News Frames: The Changing Fortunes of Twitter/X as a Conduit for Frame-Building
Periodic changes continue to impact the fortunes of Twitter as a political communication and news-sharing platform, particularly among diverse individual and institutional African users. Yet few studies provide empirical insights into Twitter’s changing role in campaign communication and its influence on news frame-building across the region, mainly in Nigeria. This study bridges the gap by analysing n = 763 tweets to determine how the political …
Populist and Anti-Populist Discourses in Nigerian and Turkish Presidential Elections: Populist Zeitgeist Debate Revisited
Today, many scholars question whether populism has indeed become the zeitgeist detriment of democracies around the globe. This study compares populist discourses in Nigeria and Türkiye during their 2023 presidential campaigns. Utilizing Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), it explores how did the victorious presidential candidates employ digital media platforms to disseminate their populist and anti-populist messages? This research reveals that Bol…
"Tweeting "in the language they understand: A peace journalism conception of political contexts and media narratives on Nigeria's Twitter ban
The rise of social media usage has generated global debates over efforts to address widening concerns through moderation of user practices and content that potentially undermine public safety and security. Content moderation has become a politically contested issue globally, while also attracting more attention across Africa and Nigeria in recent times. A case in point is the seven-month ban imposed on Twitter by the immediate-past government of …
Journalism in crisis: Assessing people-centric and elite-centric media coverage of Nigeria’s #EndBadGovernance protests
Trends in political and journalistic tweeting during electoral campaigns: A glimpse from Nigeria’s digital democracy
Extensive research has explored the evolving dynamics and influence of social media, particularly the X platform (formerly Twitter), on various aspects of political communication and journalism across borders. However, only a few studies examine trends in its use for election campaigns and journalism in sub-Saharan Africa, from the perspective of media logics and intermedia agenda-setting. To address this gap, we analyzed trends in the use of X b…
Journalism for People, for Elite: Redefining the Protest Paradigm Through the Lens of Peace-oriented Journalism
Research shows that media coverage of civil protests routinely follows a pattern theorized as the “protest paradigm,” predominantly framing demonstrations negatively while favoring protest targets, who are often elite groups. This dominant pattern has drawn criticisms, calling for a redefinition of how protest reporting is interpreted. In response, this study proposes a peace journalism framework that synthesizes the impact of media portrayals on…
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