I am a doctoral researcher at the Department of Language and Communication Studies. My research interests include multimodal critical discourse analysis, social media, peace, and conflict studies.
My research examines how online cartoons shape civic engagement and public discourse in Nigeria and Finland. Using multimodal critical discourse analysis, I investigate how cartoons represent political actors, negotiate power relations and construct socio-political realities across different media contexts.
My work extends beyond the analysis of cartoons as visual artefacts to explore the processes through which they are produced, circulated and interpreted in digital environments. I am particularly interested in how cultural norms, sociopolitical sensitivities and professional practices influence cartoon production, as well as how digital tools and social media affordances — including algorithms, visibility, virality, moderation and feedback — shape the cartoon’s public meaning, drawing choices and circulation strategies. I also examine how audiences interpret visual satire and how digital platforms influence meaning-making, public debate and civic participation.
More broadly, my research interests include multimodal discourse analysis, digital media studies, visual communication, media and conflict studies, audience reception and media literacy. I am currently developing the Digital Multimodal Assemblage Framework (DMAF), a theoretical model for understanding how multimodal resources, technological affordances and sociocultural contexts interact in digital meaning-making across educational, social and professional contexts.
By integrating multimodal analysis with perspectives on digital media, my research contributes to understanding how visual satire functions as a dynamic form of public engagement in contemporary societies.