Nigeria’s Memes as Anecdote of Youthful Participation in 2019-2020 Nigeria’s Critical Events

Abstract

Hinged on the stimulus-response theory of the mass media and the theory of public sphere, the researchers sought to identify internet memes and youth participation in Nigeria‟s critical events between 2019 and 2020 as well as highlight the humorous uses of these memes by youth during the critical events. As a qualitative discourse content analysis, twelve memes purposively and conveniently sampled reveals youth‟s active participation in Nigeria‟s events as well as the concealed realities in humorous texts and images. The researcher among others recommended that the Nigerian government pay attention to youth‟s messages concealed in memes.