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Qualifications:
PDDip, BSc (Hons.) Mass Communication, MSc Mass Communication (Nigeria), PhD Media Studies (UCT)

Address

Room 107, Africa Media Matrix Building

Upper Prince Alfred Street

Makhanda

 

Postal address

School of Journalism and Media Studies

Rhodes University

PO Box 94

Makhanda 6140

  

Courses

JMS2 Making of Meaning: Representation, Genre & Narrative

JMS3 Self-representation, Authenticity, and Social Media

JMS MA Research Methodology

 

Community engagement

• Contributor: The Conversation, The Journalist, Voices 360, Corona Times, IOL Media, several newspapers.
• Deputy Presiding Officer: Ad-hoc staff for 2011 General Elections, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Benue State, Nigeria.
• Member & Co-lead (Education & Research): Volunteer Expert Group (VEG), for developing National Artificial Intelligence Policy, by Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
• Mellon Youth and Digital Project, Makana Municipality

 

 

Professional Involvement

• Assistant Editor: African Journalism Studies (AJS); Annals of International Communication Association
• Member: International Association for Media & Communication Research (IAMCR); International Communication Association (ICA); South African Communication Association (SACOMM); African Council for Communication Education, Nigeria (ACCE); Internet Society (Nigeria Chapter)
• Fellow: Nigeria School of Internet Governance (NSIG)
• Visiting Researcher, Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 2021
• Oxford Media Policy Institute Fellow, The Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP), Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 2019
• Visiting Young Scholar, University of Xiamen, Xiamen, China – Academic/Cultural Exchange, sponsored by Confucius Institute, 2015
• Member: Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)

 

 

 

Research areas

Digital media

Mis/disinformation

Cultural studies/Pop culture

Political & Health communication

Media audiences

 

 

Research projects

2022-2024 Research Team member: Mellon Foundation Grant Project “Media & Social Belonging: Probing Coloniality and Decoloniality through the Media-Social Belonging Nexus.” School of Journalism & Media Studies, Rhodes University.

 

2021-2022 Lead Researcher: “Digital Technology, Health Information-seeking, Health Mis/disinformation and Young People in Nigeria”. Part of “Future hospitals: AI/4IR and Ethics of Care in Africa”, funded by Carnegie Corporation of NY.

 

2016-2019 PhD Project ‘The Digital Lifeworld of Young Nigerians.’ University of Cape Town, South Africa.

 

2016 Researcher: Project on Girl Child Education in Anambra State – Investment Not Expenditure for Anambra State Development – for Ministry of Education, Government of Anambra State, Nigeria.

 

July 2014 – Sept 2014 Co-Facilitator: Community Dialogue/Research on Back-to-School and Mass Literacy Programme for Out-of-School Children, Youths & Adults in Anambra State, Agency for Mass Literacy, Adult & Non-formal Education, Ministry of Education, Anambra State, Nigeria.

 

Selected Research publications

Journal articles 

2022   ‘Assessing Rural and Urban Teenagers' Domestication of Technology: The Role of Digital Literacy. International Journal of Mobile & Blended Learning, 14(3), 1-15.

 

2021   ‘South African media’s coverage of the mg老虎机游戏_经典老虎机—激情赢盈中 pandemic’. Journal of African Media Studies, 13(3), 333-350. (with H. Wasserman, T. Bosch, W. Chuma, R. Flynn)

 

2021   ‘Oppositional gaze or revenge? A critical ideological analysis of foreignness and foreign identities in Nollywood feature films’. Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies, 13(1), 121-139.

 

2021   ‘Motivations for Sharing Misinformation: A Comparative Study in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries’. International Journal of Communication 14, 1—20. (with D. Madrid-Morales, H. Wasserman, G. Gondwe, K. Ndlovu, E. Sikanku, M. Tully, E. Umejei).

 

2018   ‘Highlighting Racial Demonization in 3D Animated Films and Its Implications: A Semiotic Analysis of Frankenweenie’. Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations, 20(2), 5-20. (Lead author, with C. Ononiwu)

 

Book chapters

2022   ‘Negotiating Youth-centred Research: Ethical Reflections on Research with Young People in Rural and Urban Spaces in Nigeria’, Spencer, G. (Ed.) Ethics and Integrity in Research with Children and Young People, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, pp. 43-55.

 

2020   ‘Digital communication technologies: Concepts, Practices and Trends’. In Okunna, C.S. (ed.), Communication and Media Studies: Multidimensional Perspectives (pp. 513—538). New Generation Books, Nigeria.

 

2020   ‘Toward hybridised and glocalised youth identities in Africa? Revisiting old concerns and reimagining new possibilities for media education.’ In Divina Frau Meigs, Sirkku Kotilainen, Manisha Pathak-Shelat, Michael Hoechsmann & Stuart R. Poyntz (Eds), Handbook of Media Education Research (pp. 97—104). Wiley-Blackwell & IAMCR.

 

2020   ‘Critical Viewing’. In Debra Merskin (Ed), The Sage International Encyclopaedia of Mass Media and Society. SAGE publications Inc.

 

2020   ‘Concentration of Media Ownership’. In Debra Merskin (Ed), The Sage International Encyclopaedia of Mass Media and Society. SAGE publications Inc.

 

2020   ‘A critical analysis of how transgressive social media images and memes portrayed dominant political discourses during Nigeria’s 2015 General Elections.’ In Ndlela, Martin & Mano, Winston (Eds), Social media & Electoral Democracy in Africa (Vol 2). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.

 

2018   Communicating ‘Anambra Wheel of Development’ through Participatory Approaches and Social Media Strategies. In K.A. Omenugha, A. Fayoyin & C. Ngugi (Eds.), New Media and African Society (pp.197 – 212). Kenya: Nairobi Academic Press. (with K.A. Omenugha & J. Eze).

 

Journalism/media outputs

2021   “South African front-page stories about COVID were sensationalist and unhelpful.” The Conversation (November 9).

2021   “Scepticism fuelled by fake news threatens Africa's vaccination drive”. Corona Times (2 August).

2021   “Spotting hoaxes: how young people in Africa use cues to spot misinformation online”. The Conversation (May 25). (Also appeared in Premium Times, News24, AllAfrica, Nieman lab at Harvard, etc)

2020   “Why it’s time for adults to accept that Nigerian teenagers have a digital life”. The Conversation (June 14). Also appeared in the Premium Times, UCT News, AllAfrica, etc)

2020   “The necessity of a regular digital detox.” Opinion editorial, The Star, South Africa, 13 February.

2020   “Embrace the power of cultural democracy.” Opinion editorial, The Star and Cape Argus, 20 January.

2019   “A child-centred study of teens’ digital lifeworlds from a Nigerian perspective.” Parenting for a Digital Future (16 October), London School of Economics (LSE), UK.

2018   “Research on African Digital Cultures: Are children’s voices missing?”, The Journalist (27 November).

2018   “Unplugging after my social media meltdown” – Opinion editorial, The Cape Argus, 7 March.