Political Communication and the Nigerian Democratic Experiment
Critical Insights from Yorùbá Philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22158987 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sharon Adetutu Omotoso (0000-0003-2200-5286, University of Ibadan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Yoruba Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2473-4713 • E-ISSN: 2578-692X |
| Publisher | University of Florida George A Smathers Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.32473/ysr.v3i1.129927 |
| OpenAlex | W4205869869 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 7 |
Nigeria’s political sphere is fraught with violence, electoral frauds, unfulfilled promises and negligence on the part of the ruling class, hence political communication in Nigeria have been faced with hostility from electorates spurred by public distrust of the mass media. This essay philosophically argues for a culture-bound understanding of political communication in a way that enables a strategic decolonization of communication concepts and ideologies. This cultural understanding advocates the need for the domestication of information prior to their application in a way that enable us to properly reflect on and engage with the existential complexities of Africa’s political landscapes. The central claim of the Yorùbá political communication is that local and national communicative principles in political discourses should be subsumed under epistemic, ontological, and ethical dimensions drawn from Yorùbá histories, cultures, and values. This essay therefore deploys Yorùbá philosophical insights underlying the creation, distribution, use and control of information as a political resource that could be adopted by governments, organizations, the media, and individuals in Nigeria
Democracy · Distrust · Existentialism · Ideology · Political communication · Political economy · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Social science · Sociology · Yoruba · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |