African Media and the Digital Public Sphere - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook African Media and the Digital Public Sphere write by O. Mudhai. This book was released on 2009-05-25. African Media and the Digital Public Sphere available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the claims that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are catalysts of democratic change in Africa. It takes optimist, pragmatist-realist and pessimist stances on various political actors and institutions, from government units and political parties to civil society organizations and minority groups.
New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa
New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa write by Olorunnisola, Anthony A.. This book was released on 2013-06-30. New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. While transitioning from autocracy to democracy, media in Africa has always played an important role in democratic and non-democratic states; focusing on politicians, diplomats, activists, and others who work towards political transformations. New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa addresses the development of new mass media and communication tools and its influence on social and political change. While analyzing democratic transitions and cultures with a theoretical perspective, this book also presents case studies and national experiences for media, new media, and democracy scholars and practitioners.
Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics
Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics write by Nanjala Nyabola. This book was released on 2018-11-15. Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the upheavals of recent national elections to the success of the #MyDressMyChoice feminist movement, digital platforms have already had a dramatic impact on political life in Kenya – one of the most electronically advanced countries in Africa. While the impact of the Digital Age on Western politics has been extensively debated, there is still little appreciation of how it has been felt in developing countries such as Kenya, where Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and other online platforms are increasingly a part of everyday life. Written by a respected Kenyan activist and researcher at the forefront of political online struggles, this book presents a unique contribution to the debate on digital democracy. For traditionally marginalised groups, particularly women and people with disabilities, digital spaces have allowed Kenyans to build new communities which transcend old ethnic and gender divisions. But the picture is far from wholly positive. Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics explores the drastic efforts being made by elites to contain online activism, as well as how 'fake news', a failed digital vote-counting system and the incumbent president's recruitment of Cambridge Analytica contributed to tensions around the 2017 elections. Reframing digital democracy from the African perspective, Nyabola's ground-breaking work opens up new ways of understanding our current global online era.
Social Media and Everyday Life in South Africa
Social Media and Everyday Life in South Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Media and Everyday Life in South Africa write by Tanja E Bosch. This book was released on 2020-11-22. Social Media and Everyday Life in South Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores how social media is used in South Africa, through a range of case studies exploring various social networking sites and applications. This volume explores how, over the past decade, social media platforms have deeply penetrated the fabric of everyday life. The author considers South Africans’ use of wearable tech and use of online health and sports tracking systems via mobile phones within the broader context of the digital data economy. The author also focuses on the dating app Tinder, to show how people negotiate and redefine intimacy through the practice of online dating via strategic performances in pursuit of love, sex and intimacy. The book concludes with the use of Facebook and Twitter for social activism (e.g. Fees Must Fall), as well as networked community building as in the case of the #imstaying movement. This book will be of interest to social media academics and students, as well as anyone interested in social media, politics and cultural life in South Africa.
The Media and Conflicts in Central Africa
The Media and Conflicts in Central Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Media and Conflicts in Central Africa write by Marie-Soleil Frère. This book was released on 2007. The Media and Conflicts in Central Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this book, Marie-Soleil Frère synthesises the interaction between the mass media and conflict in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Congo-Brazzaville, the Central African Republic, Chad, Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
