‘We Are after Ideals’: A Critical Analysis of Ideology in the Tweets by Boko Haram

Chiluwa, Innocent; Ajiboye, Esther

doi:10.5789/8-2-174

Cited by 7 publications

(9 citation statements)

References 27 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…However, a great deal of vocabulary like "incompetent", "badly", "poor", "irresponsibly", "poorly", "sad", "bad", and "stupid" were used to evaluate the others-group. This is consistent with previous studies finding that emotionally charged and negative words were more commonly used in tweets written by Trump (Clarke & Grieve, 2019;Chiluwa & Ajiboye, 2015;Yaqub et al, 2017). Taiwo (2007) further claimed that 'emotive vocabulary' and 'rhetorical graphological devices' are used in social media to convey ideological views about people and situations.…”

Section: Strategies Of Representation For "Us" and "Others"supporting

confidence: 89%

“…Whether or not in combination with the derogation of out-groups, group-talk is often characterized by another overall strategy, namely that of in-group favoritism or "positive self-presentation" (Chiluwa & Ajiboye, 2015;Van Dijk, 1997Van Holm, et al, 2020). This may signify that the speaker emphasizes the positive characteristics of his own group, such as his own party, or his own country.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

An Ideological Analysis of the Former President Donald Trump’s Tweets During COVID-19

Luo

2021

Corpus Pragmatics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study aimed to explore the former US President Donald Trump’s representation of “us” and “others” in his tweets related to COVID-19 and how he portrayed the representation of “us” and “others”. In this study, the sample related to COVID-19 which ranged from January to May 2020, consisted of the tweets posted by the former US President Donald Trump. To analyze the ideological discourse of the former President Donald Trump’s tweets during COVID-19, the ideological framework proposed by Van Dijk (Approaches to Media Discourse. Blackwell Publishing, 1997) was adopted to reveal the underlying intentions and ideologies of us -representation and others -representation. The results of this research indicate that Donald Trump portrayed a positive us-group and a negative others-group . Moreover, argumentation/authority, comparison, repetition, capitalization, and metaphors are the typical strategies that former President Trump used to portray both groups. It was also found that the positive opinions about the us-group and the negative ones about the others-group were not always consistent. For example, there were also changes when the same descriptions were given to both groups, which may well be coherent concerning the basic interests of the groups (Van Dijk, in: Approaches to Media Discourse. Blackwell Publishing, 1997). The findings of this study may contribute to an analysis of the president’s discourse on Twitter, which is a relatively recent channel for political information (Kerbleski, in: Trump, Twitter, and the trees: a critical discourse analysis of Donald Trump's tweets surrounding the november 2018 California Wildfires. Doctoral dissertation, Northern Arizona University, 2019).

show abstract

Section: Strategies Of Representation For "Us" and "Others"supporting

confidence: 89%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Ideological Analysis of the Former President Donald Trump’s Tweets During COVID-19

Luo

2021

Corpus Pragmatics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…BOK45; BOK46 below) or with a comparison between 'us' and other militant groups (BOK47). In BOK47, Boko Haram claims to be after 'ideals', while MEND (another ethnic militia group) is said to be 'after money' (see Chiluwa and Ajiboye 2014). In other words, 'they' are bad but 'we' are good.…”

Section: Chiluwamentioning

confidence: 96%

“…The entire northern Nigeria is viewed as polluted by Western influence and the violation of Sharia laws. Hence, the sect members seek not only to secure a separate government in the north but also claim to liberate the people and defend sociocultural and moral ideals (Chiluwa and Ajiboye 2014). This type of argument in a predominant Muslim north and in a fairly populated Muslim south is most likely to attract support, even among the liberal Muslims who have criticized the sect's violent method of achieving Jihad in northern Nigeria.…”

Section: Evidentiality In Radicalist Discoursementioning

confidence: 98%

Radicalist discourse: a study of the stances of Nigeria'sBoko Haramand Somalia'sAl Shabaabon Twitter

Chiluwa

2015

Journal of Multicultural Discourses

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study examines the features of stance in tweets downloaded from the English Twitter accounts of Boko Haram and Al Shabaab, referred to as 'radicalist discourse'. Stance, referred to as 'positioning' or point of views of tweeters, is defined in terms of features such as hedges, boosters, attitude markers, self-mention and threats. These express commitment, attitude and judgement of writers on the issues being discussed. Applying mostly qualitative analysis, the study shows that self-mention and attitude markers are the most prevalent features of stance in radicalist discourse. Thus, stance is used to express triumph, satisfaction, anger and hate by the radical groups under study. The various expressions of attitude and self-mention in the data portray positive construction of in-group and negative evaluation of others (i.e. governments and institutions) referred to as infidels and apostates.

show abstract

“…The group had previously operated Twitter accounts, namely @BokoHaram (Chadian Border) and @BokoHaram (Republic of Arewa), for the propagation of their ideologies, and advancement of their objectives (Chiluwa & Adetunji, 2013;Chiluwa & Ajiboye, 2014). Below are examples from their English language Twitter account: @Boko_Haram.…”

Section: Hsmpress @Hsmpress1mentioning

confidence: 99%

Communicating religious extremism in West Africa

Chiluwa¹,

Chimuanya²,

Ajiboye³

2020

Themes in Religion and Human Security in Africa

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Whereas modern communication strategies have been celebrated for promoting ease of interaction, this chapter highlights that they have been deployed by some terrorist groups in Africa to threaten human security. It defines religious extremism in terms of the expression of extreme or violent actions or jihad on the basis of particular interpretations or understanding of religious teaching or scripture, especially the Quran. The chapter examines the (online) communication behaviours of extremists/terrorist groups in West Africa and Somalia that are often associated with Islam. It also examines religious extremism and its relation to violent conflict and describes the extremist violent activities of some identified African terrorist groups, and how contemporary media and the Internet have provided dynamic platforms for disseminating their message and ideology. Liebman views religious extremism as the desire to expand the scope, details and strictness of religious law, social isolation and the rejection of the surrounding culture.the activities of this group, they have continued their violent assaults in Nigeria and neighboring West African States. The group is said to have split into three factions operating in Cameroon, Chad and Niger some possible links to some terrorist groups in North Africa (Onuah and Eboh, 2011 cited in Chiluwa, 2015).

show abstract

‘We Are after Ideals’: A Critical Analysis of Ideology in the Tweets by Boko Haram

Abstract: This study critically examines the influence and power of ideology in the activities of Boko

Cited by 7 publications

References 27 publications

An Ideological Analysis of the Former President Donald Trump’s Tweets During COVID-19

An Ideological Analysis of the Former President Donald Trump’s Tweets During COVID-19

Radicalist discourse: a study of the stances of Nigeria'sBoko Haramand Somalia'sAl Shabaabon Twitter

Communicating religious extremism in West Africa

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About