On political participation: discursive pragmatics and social interaction in Nolitics.

On political participation: discursive pragmatics and social interaction in Nolitics.

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Nolitics is a Nigerian online political discussion forum that provides an opportunity for social interaction and political participation, through new media technologies. It is hosted by NaijaPals – a hosting website with social networking and blogging activities. Naijpals maintains an online community of bloggers with Nolitics as a discussion forum solely devoted to social and political...
 
Published at Studies in Literature and Language, (Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture, Montreal) Vol. 2 No.2
Published in 2011
 
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Chiluwa, I.
Chiluwa Innocent E. MNAL. » Innocent Chiluwa is Professor of English Linguistics (Discourse Analysis) and Media/Digital Communications in the Department of Languages & General Studies, Covenant University, Ota (Nigeria). He is currently the Head of Department and former Dean, College of Leadership and Development Studies. Prof. Chiluwa is a Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) (Bonn), and a... view full profile
Chiluwa Innocent E. MNAL.
 
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