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WhatsApp and everyday life in West Africa : beyond fake news / edited by Idayat Hassan and Jamie Hitchen.

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Book
Contributor:
Hassan, Idayat, editor.
Hitchen, Jamie, editor.
ProQuest ebook central
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
WhatsApp (Application software).
Online social networks--Social aspects--Africa, West.
Online social networks.
Online social networks--Political aspects--Africa, West.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
New York : Zed Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.
Contents:
Introduction: a new platform for old networks? WhatsApp and everyday life in West Africa / Idayat Hassan and Jamie Hitchen
WhatsApp and Political Messaging at the Periphery: Insights from Northern Ghana / Gabrielle Lynch, Ghadafi Saibu and Elena Gadjanova
WhatsApp, youth and politics in The Gambia: An analysis of 'Democratic Gambia' / Sait Matty Jaw
WhatsApp political campaigns in Nigeria / Nwachukwu Egbunike
Tailored to fit? WhatsApp marketing in Nigeria's fashion industry / Kolawole Talabi
"The Forum": A WhatsApp support group for health and social service providers during the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon / Kamila Pacholek, Madalina Prostean, Sarah Burris, Lynn Cockburn, Julius Nganji, Anya Nadege, and Louis Mbibeh
The dynamics of WhatsApp usage among elderly Nigerians / Temitayo Olofinlua
New Media, Social Relationships and Communication Imperatives: A study of Christlove Fellowship Alumni WhatsApp groups / Feyisitan Ijimakinwa and Fortune Afatakpa
Sharing the gospel: How Nigeria's Catholic community is building a WhatsApp congregation / Patrick Egwu
Amplifying female voices in northern Nigerian politics: The role of WhatsApp / Na'ima Hafiz Abubakar
Reinventing the newspaper for the WhatsApp age / Simon Allison.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Dec 1st, 2022).
Other Format:
Print version: WhatsApp and everyday life in West Africa
ISBN:
9781350257900
1350257907
9781350257887
1350257885
9781350257894
1350257893
Publisher Number:
40031553221
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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