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Digital and Social Media in Africa.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Evans, Henri-Count, author.
Contributor:
Teer-Tomaselli, Ruth.
Mawere, Tinashe.
Series:
Critical, Digital and Social Media Series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Digital media--Africa.
Digital media.
Social media--Africa.
Social media.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (211 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Ann Arbor : University of Westminster Press, 2025.
Summary:
This book provides case studies on the strategies used by African governments in monitoring and controlling digital and social media, as well as the implications of such actions for claims about media freedom and freedom of expression.
Contents:
Cover
Title
Copyright
Table of Contents
Contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Materiality and Political Economy of Social Media in Africa: Power Retention and (Dis)Empowerment
Chapter 2. Digital Communication and Social Media Infrastructures in Eswatini: Legitimating or Challenging the Status Quo?
Chapter 3. Regulating Dissent on Social Media during Elections: The Cases of Uganda and Zimbabwe
Chapter 4. Instigators, Rebels, Miscreants, and Hooligans: Reframing Social Media Activists in Contemporary Africa
Chapter 5. The Weaponisation of Social Media in Zimbabwe: An Insight into Internet Usage and Government Restrictive Responses
Chapter 6. Wedging Participatory Gaps? Minority Superusers’ Dominance of Discourse on Twitter during Elections and the Perpetuation of Online Discursive Inequalities
Chapter 7. Social Media, Digital Influencers, and Social Participation in Mozambique: A Case Study of the Digital Influencer Salésio Do Pânico
Chapter 8. Animation and Social Media as Alternative and Counterhegemonic Digital Public Sphere in Zimbabwe
Conclusions. Navigating the Contested Terrain of Digital and Social Media in Africa
Index Generated by AI.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
ISBN:
1-915445-03-5
OCLC:
1518780345

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