Online Activism and Connective Mourning: An Examination of the #EndSARSMemorial Protests in Nigeria

This study explores how Nigerians used social media platforms to mourn and memorialize protesters who were killed during the 2020 EndSARS protests in Nigeria. Data for this study are from tweets (N = 67,678) that were scraped from the hashtags, “#EndSARSMemorial2” and “LekkiMassacre” and online semi...

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Published in:	The Journal of communication inquiry Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 88 - 115
Main Authors:	Uwalaka, Temple, Joe, Sarah, Amadi, Fred A., Amadi, Confidence Chinedu
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2025 SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:	Activism Anger Centralization Commonality Decentralization Demonstrations & protests Individual collective relationship Internet Interviews Modularity Mourning Networks Reciprocity Social media Sympathy Uncertainty Nigeria EndSARS EndSARMemorial social movement collective mourning online activism Nigeria connective mourning
ISSN:	0196-8599, 1552-4612
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