Zainab Olubukola Gidado

Endangered democracies: A comparative study of the 2023 Nigerian presidential election and the rise of Nazism in 1930s Germany

Social media has transformed political communication, but its role in facilitating harmful discourse during elections remains underexplored. This study examines how X (formerly Twitter) contributed to the spread of misinformation, hate speech, and political propaganda during Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election. It inv...