Innocent E. Chiluwa

Innocent Chiluwa is a professor in Language (discourse analysis) and Media/Digital Communications in the Department of Languages & General Studies, Covenant University, OTA, Nigeria. He is a Humboldt scholar and digital expert and visiting Professor in the Department of English, University of Freiburg, Germany. He obtained a PhD in English and Media/Communication studies and is a member of the International Communication Association (ICA); International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), and the International Linguistic Association (ILA) among others. His research interests include: (1) (critical) discourse analysis of media & digital communications – especially discourses produced by social movements, civil societies, minority groups, rebel groups and terrorist organizations in the form of resistance, protests, activism or dissent in the media and the Internet; (2) critical analysis of online deceptive communications, particularly those associated with phishing, email financial scams and cyber-attacks; (3) Social and political/cultural discourses including discourses of identity. Prof. Chiluwa has researched and published extensively in these areas.

Publications

SMS and Civil Unrest
SMS and Civil Unrest
Innocent Chiluwa. © 2019. 12 pages.
This chapter examines the roles of text messaging in organizing and mobilizing protests and social unrest. It gives a general overview of the various forms of protest behaviors...
Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online
Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online
Innocent E. Chiluwa, Sergei A. Samoilenko. © 2019. 651 pages.
The growing amount of false and misleading information on the internet has generated new concerns and quests for research regarding the study of deception and deception...
“Attention Beneficiary…!”: Assessing Types and Features of Scam Emails
“Attention Beneficiary…!”: Assessing Types and Features of Scam Emails
Innocent E. Chiluwa, Ebikaboere Ovia, Emmanuel Uba. © 2019. 18 pages.
This chapter identifies the various types and features of scam emails as a genre of computer-mediated communication. The types identified include money transfer, investment scam...
Deception in Online Terrorist Propaganda: A Study of ISIS and Boko Haram
Deception in Online Terrorist Propaganda: A Study of ISIS and Boko Haram
Innocent E. Chiluwa. © 2019. 18 pages.
This chapter examines the meaning, types, and practice of propaganda by two prominent terrorist groups, namely ISIS and Boko Haram, and how deception and deceptive communication...
SMS & Civil Unrest
SMS & Civil Unrest
Innocent Chiluwa. © 2018. 11 pages.
This entry examines the roles of text messaging in organizing and mobilizing protests and social unrest. It gives a general overview of the various forms of protest behaviors...
Texting and Christian Practice
Texting and Christian Practice
Innocent Chiluwa, Emmanuel Uba. © 2015. 7 pages.
This chapter examines the practice of texting in various Christian contexts and why this practice has become so important. It shows that the adoption of mobile technology to...
Text Messaging in Social Protests
Text Messaging in Social Protests
Innocent Chiluwa. © 2015. 8 pages.
This article gives a general overview of the roles of mobile phone in initiating and mobilizing social protests. It is argued that text messaging had been used to mobilize civil...
Discursive Practice and the Nigerian Identity in Personal Emails
Discursive Practice and the Nigerian Identity in Personal Emails
Innocent Chiluwa. © 2010. 18 pages.
As communication by the electronic mail spreads and becomes increasingly common, more and more people are taking the advantage of its flexibility and simplicity for communicating...