[Air-L] Looking for Information on Hashtags, Elections and Youths

[Temitayo Olofinlua]

Hello everyone,

My name is Temitayo Olofinlua and I am a doctoral student at the Institute
of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

My work explores how young Nigerians used a particular hashtag during the
2015 Presidential elections in the country. I am looking at the uses to
which the hashtags were put, the kinds of conversations that happened, as
well as analysing how/if networks were built around the hashtag.

While I plan to use Discovertext to harvest archival tweets, I am wondering
if there are any materials on youths use of hashtags/Twitter across the
continent/world--especially during elections--that I should be looking at.

It will be great if you point me in the direction of past/recent research
in the related field(s), particularly with a qualitative slant.
Suggestions are welcome.

Thank you and enjoy your day.

Kind regards,

Temitayo

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