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Unwana Samuel Akpan · Sankore

University of Lagos

Unwana Samuel Akpan

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ORCID 0000-0001-6378-8091

This profile carries an ORCID the researcher published on their own record — the strongest evidence available short of a human confirming it. 1 other profile was folded into this one.

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25

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22

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2

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0

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University of Lagos23 works
Lagos State Health Service Commission1 works
Taraba State University1 works

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25 works in the graph, newest first.

Supremacist Narratives and the Rhetoric of Power in President Donald Trump’s Second Inaugural Speech: A Critical Discourse Analysis
2026TripodosJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.51698/tripodos.2026.60.01
Odudu Ikpaisọñ Media-Sociology Theory
2025Book Chapter1 citations10.1007/978-3-031-97581-3_16
Beyond the pitch: migration, communication, culture, and chastity in Nigerian women's football
2025Soccer and SocietyJournalSenior author0 citations10.1080/14660970.2025.2603766
Introduction: Theorizing and Integrating Indigenous Nigerian Sociocultural Communication Knowledge in Interpreting Our Everyday Experiences
2025Book ChapterFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-97581-3_1
Shugaban Kasa Mediated Glocal Influence Theory: Examining BBC and VOA Hausa Services Role in Nigeria’s Presidential Elections—2003–2023

2025Book ChapterSenior author0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-97581-3_6

Eba Ebot Media Theory (EEMT): Laying the Framework

2025Book Chapter0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-97581-3_15

De-neocolonizing Africa

2024BookOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1007/978-3-031-66304-8

African Cultural Case: Reexamining Apologia in Communication Theory

2024International Journal of Sport CommunicationJournalSenior author3 citations10.1123/ijsc.2024-0105

Educational Broadcasting in Nigeria in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

2024BookOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1007/978-3-031-68530-9

Comparative Analysis of Kunta Kinte in Roots, and Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart as Symbols of Colonial and Neocolonial Defiants: Legacy of Resistance and Resilience Against the White Man’s Kraal

2024Book ChapterFirst authorCorresponding1 citations10.1007/978-3-031-66304-8_1

‘Dis Football Sef … Na Wahala’: A Continental Contest That Troubled a Nation

2024The International Journal of the History of SportJournal0 citations10.1080/09523367.2024.2395329

Enhancing the Teaching and Learning of Educational Broadcasting Through Artificial Intelligence

2024Book Chapter0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-68530-9_5

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Dynamics in Educational Broadcasting Research and Production in Nigeria: Riding the Wave or Drowning in the Looming Tsunami of Change?

2024Book ChapterFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-68530-9_1

Theorizing Nsibidi as Confraternized Communication

2024Book ChapterFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-69495-0_6

Deconstructing Colonial Frameworks in the Black Panther Film Analysis

2024Book ChapterSenior author0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-66304-8_19

Exploring and Navigating the Chasm: The Incompatibility of Western Gatekeeping Theory with Akwa-Cross Akata Indigenous Media

2023Howard Journal of CommunicationsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1080/10646175.2023.2264227

African Traditional Media: Looking Back, Looking Forward

2023Book ChapterFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1007/978-3-031-35060-3_1

How Sport, Communication, and Economics Are Changing Power Dynamics in the African Family

2023Book ChapterSenior author2 citations10.1007/978-3-031-35060-3_17

The Communicativeness of Select Lyrics of Female Nigerian Afro hip Hop Artistes and Sociological Perception of Women

2023Book ChapterFirst authorCorresponding1 citations10.1007/978-3-030-87624-1_40-1

Akata Night Masquerade: A Semblance of Online Deepfakes in African Traditional Communication Systems

2023Book ChapterFirst authorCorresponding1 citations10.1007/978-3-031-27696-5_10

African Media Space and Globalization

2023BookOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citations10.1007/978-3-031-35060-3

Deepfakes: Future of Sports and Questioning Video Evidence

2023Book ChapterFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-27696-5_8

Rethinking Arabness: The Communicative Nexus of Select Lyrics of Female Nigerian and North African Afro-Arab Hip Hop Artistes and Sociological Construction of Women in the Digital Space

2023Book ChapterFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-35060-3_11

Footballer Wives: Communication and Coping at Home in Absence of Spouse

2023Book ChapterSenior author0 citations10.1108/s1476-285420230000019007

The Communicativeness of Select Nigerian Afro-hip-hop Lyrics and Sociological Perception of Women

2022Pop music, culture and identityBook ChapterFirst authorCorresponding1 citations10.1007/978-3-030-98705-3_16