Online media and global communication research in Nigeria

Online Media and Global Communication Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.1515/omgc-2022-0048

Eserinune McCarty Mojaye, O. Ogunyombo

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Abstract The growth of global online media necessitates a better knowledge of how these media affect the world. Communication researchers have examined how rhetoric and globalization interact dynamically; how information spreads through cross-cultural interactions, and how a growing global media landscape affects culture, society, economy, and politics. However, no study has aggregated the areas of focus of such studies in order to establish a trend of the discussion of online media and global communication scholarship in Nigeria. In this essay, we offer a pathway for understanding approaches to scholarship in online media and global communication in Nigeria. We review all articles on online media and global communication that were published in two Nigerian academic journals, The Nigerian Journal of Communication and the Journal of Communication and Media Research between 2015 and 2021 using our content categories of authorship, theory/theories used, study population, method of study and research focus. We found that social media, which has proved to be a very hot area of research among scholars worldwide, also occupied the pride of place among Nigerian scholars and that collaboration in research, which is a major way of growing and advancing knowledge, was also significantly common among Nigerian communication researchers. On the low side, however, we found, among others, that lack of funding was a major issue in Nigerian communication research as none of the 73 articles that we analyzed was funded.

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尼日利亚的网络媒体和全球传播研究

随着全球网络媒体的发展，我们需要更好地了解这些媒体是如何影响世界的。传播学研究者研究了修辞学和全球化是如何动态互动的;信息如何通过跨文化互动传播，以及日益增长的全球媒体格局如何影响文化、社会、经济和政治。然而，没有一项研究汇集了这些研究的重点领域，以便在尼日利亚建立关于在线媒体和全球传播学术讨论的趋势。在这篇文章中，我们为理解尼日利亚在线媒体和全球传播的学术方法提供了一条途径。我们审查了2015年至2021年期间在两本尼日利亚学术期刊《尼日利亚传播杂志》和《传播与媒体研究杂志》上发表的所有关于在线媒体和全球传播的文章，使用我们的内容类别作者，使用的理论/理论，研究人群，研究方法和研究重点。我们发现，社交媒体已经被证明是全球学者非常热门的研究领域，在尼日利亚学者中也占据着重要的地位，研究合作是增长和推进知识的主要方式，在尼日利亚传播研究人员中也非常普遍。然而，在低的一面，我们发现，在其他方面，缺乏资金是尼日利亚传播研究的一个主要问题，因为我们分析的73篇文章中没有一篇得到资助。

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Online Media and Global Communication Communication, Media Studies, Internet Studies, International Studies, International Relations-

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期刊介绍： Online Media and Global Communication (OMGC) is a new venue for high quality articles on theories and methods about the role of online media in global communication. This journal is sponsored by the Center for Global Public Opinion Research of China and School of Journalism and Communication, Shanghai International Studies University, China. It is published solely online in English. The journal aims to serve as an academic bridge in the research of online media and global communication between the dominating English-speaking world and the non-English speaking world that has remained mostly invisible due to language barriers. Through its structured abstracts for all research articles and uniform keyword system in the United Nations’ official six languages plus Japanese and German (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, and German), the journal provides a highly accessible platform to users worldwide. Its unique dual track single-blind and double-blind review system facilitates manuscript reviews with different levels of author identities. OMGC publishes review essays on the state-of-the-art in online media and global communication research in different countries and regions, original research papers on topics related online media and global communication and translated articles from non-English speaking Global South. It strives to be a leading platform for scientific exchange in online media and global communication. For events and more, consider following us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/OMGCJOURNAL. Topics OMGC publishes high quality, innovative and original research on global communication especially in the use of global online media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Weibo, WeChat, Wikipedia, web sites, blogs, etc. This journal will address the contemporary concerns about the effects and operations of global digital media platforms on international relations, international public opinion, fake news and propaganda dissemination, diaspora communication, consumer behavior as well as the balance of voices in the world. Comparative research across countries are particularly welcome. Empirical research is preferred over conceptual papers. Article Formats In addition to the standard research article format, the Journal includes the following formats: ● One translation paper selected from Non-English Journals that with high quality as “Gems from the Global South” per issue ● One review essay on current state of research in online media and global communication in a country or region