Social media networks and the discourse of resistance: A sociolinguistic CDA of Biafra online discourses

Discourse and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-244

  Chiluwa, Innocent ^a  

^a Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biafra; campaign groups; discourse; identity; ideology; Nigeria; resistance; social media networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861720846     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926511433478     Document Type: Article

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