This article is about the manifestations of similarities between two seemingly distinct groups
of Nigerians: cybercriminals and politicians. Which linguistic strategies do Twitter users use …

How do tweets reflect the long-standing disparities between the northern and southern
regions of Nigeria? This study presents a qualitative analysis of Twitter users' responses (n …

Purpose This study aims to explore the extent to which Twitter users engaged in uncivil and
morally questionable expressions in their comments about specific Asian countries and …

Purpose For many, the sole source for news content is social media, where passionate
opinions are posted at an alarming speed. These opinions can cross the line from differing …

Twitter defines the current political landscape. Ordinary observations attest to this, and now
we have some rigorous evidence. As a feature of modern democracies, Twitter merits close …

Research has shown that Black politicians in the Global North contend with higher instances
of abusive language on social media platforms. The study investigates how public …

We conducted six between-subjects survey experiments to examine how judgments of
cybercrime vary as a function of characteristics of the crime. The experiments presented …

South Africa is well known as a country characterised by racial and ethnic divisions,
particularly for the divisions and conflicts between the white population and black …

The widespread adoption of new forms of digital communication platforms such as micro-
blogging sites presents both an opportunity and a challenge for researchers interested in …

In this chapter, I discuss some of the recurring problems in trying to define cybercrime. I
argue that far from this being an issue which has receded in importance, it remains central to …