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Context Matters: Geography, Research Sites, and Media Trajectory

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This book is based on the research that investigated the digital lifeworlds of children in rural and urban areas in two states or provinces in Nigeria, namely Anambra State and Federal Capital Territory (FCT)-Abuja, located in the Southeast and North Central regions, respectively. This chapter pays attention to both context and background by offering an overview of the study locations in Nigeria. The chapter traces a historical overview of Nigerian media, within which digital media technologies and ecologies have emerged, spanning colonial, postcolonial, and democratic periods. The chapter also sketches the growth of both traditional and digital media in the country and offers an overview of how digital technology is broadly positioned on the African continent.

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    Worldometers: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/nigeria-population/

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    World Atlas: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/largest-ethnic-groups-in-nigeria.html

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    The World Bank: https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/nigeria/overview#:~:text=The%20deteriorating%20economic%20environment%20is,million%20between%202,019%20and%202,025

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    Freedom House: https://freedomhouse.org/country/nigeria/freedom-world/2023

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    Datareportal: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2023-nigeria

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    Freedom House: https://freedomhouse.org/country/nigeria/freedom-world/2023

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    Freedom House: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2018/nigeria

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Uzuegbunam, C.E. (2024). Context Matters: Geography, Research Sites, and Media Trajectory. In: Children and Young People’s Digital Lifeworlds. Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51303-9_2

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