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NCC Boss, Maida Commends Ibietan for His Contribution To Political Communication And Scholarship.

By update Apr 28, 2024 #Cover
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Dr. Omoniyi Ibietan
Dr. Omoniyi Ibietan

The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, of Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida, PhD, has commended Dr Omoniy,I Ibietan for the contribution to political communication and scholarship.

Dr. Maida gave the commendation at the special Book Reading and Further Reviews of the book “Cyber Politics: Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria” held recently

Dr. Maida described Ibietan”s book on Cyber Politics: Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria is an absorbing and persuasive book that adds huge insightful value to an understanding of the interactions between politics, social media networks and other variables that influence the behaviour of voters in a democracy.

The NCC boss maintained that the book speaks to the reality of how the demographics of voting is now in favour of digital natives, whose engagements are set to upend the traditional media approaches, hence the great value in seeking an understanding of the growing interface across cyber politics, social media networks and social demography.

Maida acknowledged the author’s style of utilizing tested theoretical models and research methods to scrutinise the impact of social media on contemporary politics, he explained that the cutting edge of this vibrant scholarly endeavour is its proposal of a bold new methodology and approach to communications, described as the Channel-Factor Model, which situates the relationship among social media and other variables within a political environment. It is a framework for re-engineering political communication in Africa that is as radical as it is innovative

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