Diane Ezeh Aruah
Biographic Data
| ID | 4170737 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diane Ezeh Aruah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diane Ezeh |
| FAMILY NAME | Aruah |
| SIGNATURE | ARUAH D E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3068-4904 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
With Pride: ” Media Coverage of Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union's Black Parenting of Zaya
In 2020, former NBA player Dwyane Wade discussed how his child, Zaya came out as transgender. He used his platform to generate discussions about Black parenting specifically parenting a child in the Black transgender community. In the past 3 years, Wade and his celebrity wife Gabrielle Union have shared their parental journey of Zaya through social media and mainstream media. This study explores the identity complexities of critical race parentin…
From #Rona to #Omarion: Black Twitter’s hashtag activism and critical discourse of Covid-19 pandemic
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, social media was one of the key digital spaces for community and information. As cases and deaths rose within US Black communities, Black Twitter continued to serve as a counterpublic for humor, health commentary, and hashtag activism. This study will examine the techno discourses of Black Twitter’s usage of hashtag activism during the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue that the hashtags and tweets used within the Black…
Tweets That Matter: Exploring the Solutions to Maternal Mortality in the United States Discussed by Advocacy Organizations on Twitter
This study investigated maternal mortality solutions mentioned on Twitter by maternal health advocacy organizations in the United States. Using qualitative content analysis, we examined tweets from 20 advocacy organizations and found that the majority of the tweets focused on policy, healthcare, community, and individual solutions. The most tweeted policy solutions include tweets advocating signing birth equity, paid family leave, Medicaid expans…
Modernity could not destroy them: Historicizing the African oral artist and the traditional means of communication in Nigeria
This study examines the identity of the African verbal artist, his communal functions and his role in information dissemination in Nigeria. Before the advent of modern telecommunication systems in Nigeria, the various Nigerian ethnic groups had means of passing on messages/information among them; hence, they were abreast of the issues affecting their corporate existence. With the advent of western civilization came speculations that these African…
Sexual Health on Television: New Framing of Sexual Health Issues in Netflix’s Sex Education Show
Television drama series have the potential to create awareness about sexual health problems and solutions. This study deployed a qualitative analysis of framing to understand how the Netflix show Sex Education framed sexual health concerns. Findings indicate that some sexual health concerns were depicted in the context of teaching sexual responsibility and destigmatizing processes such as seeking information or coming out as LGBTQ+. The show also…
Perspectives of college students on the causes and prevention of suicide in Nigerian universities
We explored how university students make sense of suicide experience and prevention. Informants were 20 students attending a public university in Nigeria (females = 50%; age range = 19 to 46 years). The students completed a semi-structured interview on the causes and prevention of suicide in the university they attended. Thematic analysis indicated the students perceived suicide experience to be from relationship, infrastructure, living condition…
Sexual Health on Television: New Framing of Sexual Health Issues in Netflix’s Sex Education Show
Television drama series have the potential to create awareness about sexual health problems and solutions. This study deployed a qualitative analysis of framing to understand how the Netflix show Sex Education framed sexual health concerns. Findings indicate that some sexual health concerns were depicted in the context of teaching sexual responsibility and destigmatizing processes such as seeking information or coming out as LGBTQ+. The show also…
Perspectives of college students on the causes and prevention of suicide in Nigerian universities
We explored how university students make sense of suicide experience and prevention. Informants were 20 students attending a public university in Nigeria (females = 50%; age range = 19 to 46 years). The students completed a semi-structured interview on the causes and prevention of suicide in the university they attended. Thematic analysis indicated the students perceived suicide experience to be from relationship, infrastructure, living condition…
Modernity could not destroy them: Historicizing the African oral artist and the traditional means of communication in Nigeria
This study examines the identity of the African verbal artist, his communal functions and his role in information dissemination in Nigeria. Before the advent of modern telecommunication systems in Nigeria, the various Nigerian ethnic groups had means of passing on messages/information among them; hence, they were abreast of the issues affecting their corporate existence. With the advent of western civilization came speculations that these African…
Sexual Health on Television: New Framing of Sexual Health Issues in Netflix’s Sex Education Show
Television drama series have the potential to create awareness about sexual health problems and solutions. This study deployed a qualitative analysis of framing to understand how the Netflix show Sex Education framed sexual health concerns. Findings indicate that some sexual health concerns were depicted in the context of teaching sexual responsibility and destigmatizing processes such as seeking information or coming out as LGBTQ+. The show also…
Tweets That Matter: Exploring the Solutions to Maternal Mortality in the United States Discussed by Advocacy Organizations on Twitter
This study investigated maternal mortality solutions mentioned on Twitter by maternal health advocacy organizations in the United States. Using qualitative content analysis, we examined tweets from 20 advocacy organizations and found that the majority of the tweets focused on policy, healthcare, community, and individual solutions. The most tweeted policy solutions include tweets advocating signing birth equity, paid family leave, Medicaid expans…
With Pride: ” Media Coverage of Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union's Black Parenting of Zaya
In 2020, former NBA player Dwyane Wade discussed how his child, Zaya came out as transgender. He used his platform to generate discussions about Black parenting specifically parenting a child in the Black transgender community. In the past 3 years, Wade and his celebrity wife Gabrielle Union have shared their parental journey of Zaya through social media and mainstream media. This study explores the identity complexities of critical race parentin…
From #Rona to #Omarion: Black Twitter’s hashtag activism and critical discourse of Covid-19 pandemic
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, social media was one of the key digital spaces for community and information. As cases and deaths rose within US Black communities, Black Twitter continued to serve as a counterpublic for humor, health commentary, and hashtag activism. This study will examine the techno discourses of Black Twitter’s usage of hashtag activism during the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue that the hashtags and tweets used within the Black…
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media Influence and Health (2 works)