Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa : A Mediated Analysis / Bruce Mutsvairo, Massimo Ragnedda.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mutsvairo, Bruce, Editor.

Ragnedda, Massimo, Editor.

Council of Economic Advisers (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

Council of Economic Advisers issue brief

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital divide--Africa.

Digital divide.

Africa--Social conditions.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Despite issues associated with the digital divide, mobile telephony is growing on the continent and the rise of smartphones has given citizens easy access to social networking sites. But the digital divide, which mostly reflects on one's race, gender, socioeconomic status or geographical location, stands in the way of digital progress. What opportunities are available to tame digital disparities? How are different societies in Africa handling digital problems? What innovative methods are being used to provide citizens with access to critical information that can help improve their lives? Experiences from various locations in several sub-Saharan African countries have been carefully selected in this collection with the aim of providing an updated account on the digital divide and its impact in Africa.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

Section I. Foundations and Theory

1. Comprehending the Digital Disparities in Africa / Mutsvairo, Bruce / Ragnedda, Massimo

2. Conceptualising the digital divide / Ragnedda, Massimo

3. From Global to Local, Metropolitan to Village. A Case for a Definitional and Context-Oriented Approach to Examining the 'Digital Divide' / Chitanana, Tenford

4. Technology and the Democratic Space in Africa. A Re-Examination of the Notion of 'Digital Divide' / Musa, Muhammed

Section II. Social Inclusion and Digital Exclusion

5. The Partially Digital: Internet and South African Youth / Oyedemi, Toks

6. Online Football Fandom as a Microcosm of the Digital Participation Divide in Zimbabwe / Ncube, Lyton

7. The Discourse of Digital Inclusion of Women in Rwanda's Media. A Thematic Analysis of Imvaho Nshya and The New Times Newspapers / Jjuuko, Margaret / Njuguna, Joseph

Section III. Cultural, Social, and Economic Paradigms

8. The Digital Divide and Film / Karam, Beschara

9. Digital Divide or Information Divide. Interrogating Telecommunication Penetration Measurements in Communal African Societies / Anyanwu, Chika

10. Exploring How Mobile Phones Mediate Bonding, Bridging and Linking Social Capital in a South African Rural Area / Buthelezi, Mbalenhle / Dalvit, Lorenzo

11. Bridging the Digital Gap in Sub-Saharan Africa. A Critical Analysis of Illiteracy and Language Divide / Sam, Steven

12. Kenya's 'Mobile Agriculture' Discourse. Unpacking Notions of Technology, Modernisation, and Development / Brouwer, Sara

Index

Notes:

Title from caption (viewed Nov. 16, 2015).

"July 2015."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 9-10).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

1-003-69927-8

90-485-6147-7

90-485-3822-X

9781003699279

OCLC:

1102474566