Matthew Adeiza (Lagos) studied mass communication at the University of Jos (Nigeria) and African studies at the University of Oxford (UK). He is a media researcher and journalist who currently works as a publisher and editor of Scholars Hub Africa. His research focuses on the interplay between new media and youth in democratization in Africa. He is interested in how the increasing deinstitutionalization of media gatekeeping affects the openness and quality of the public sphere and, consequently, democracy in Africa.