This book looks at how digital technologies are revolutionizing electoral campaigns and democratization struggles in Africa.
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Duncan Omanga is Program Officer at the Africa Program, the National Endowment for Democracy, Washington DC, USA. He has recently worked with the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX, DC), and the Social Science and Research Council (SSRC, New York). Prior to this, Omanga was a senior lecturer and chair, Department of Publishing and Media Studies, Moi University (Kenya). His research explores the intersection of digitality, security, and democracy in East Africa and his latest research grant was a Facebook-funded research project on "Human Rights, Policing and Digital Landscapes" in Nairobi, Kenya. Admire Mare is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests include analyzing the intersection between technology and society, digital journalism, social media and politics, media and democracy, political communication, digital campaigns, digital diplomacy, platformization of news work, media and conflict, media start-ups and innovation and artificial intelligence in resource-constrained in newsrooms. He is the co-author of Participatory Journalism in Africa: Digital News Engagement and User Agency in the South (Routledge, 2021) and Digital Surveillance in Southern Africa: Policies, Politics and Practices (2022). He is also the co-editor of Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Africa: Empirical and Conceptual Considerations (Routledge, 2021) and Teaching and Learning with Digital Technologies in Higher Education Institutions in Africa: Case Studies from a Pandemic Context (Routledge, 2023). Pamela Mainye is an independent researcher and a former Chair of Communication and Media at Kisii University, Kenya. Her research interests include digital media studies, representation and popular culture, radio studies and migration with a focus on East Africa.
Inhaltsangabe
1. The Nexus Between Digital Technologies, Elections and Campaigns Part I: Digital Technologies and Electoral Campaigns 2. Twitter, Elections and Gendered Disinformation Campaigns in Zimbabwe 3. Digital Media Politics in Kenya: Of Nerds, Missionaries and Mercenaries 4. Social Media, Political Transition and Conflict in Ethiopia 5. Political Parties and Social Media: Between Screenshots, Memes and Hashtags During Municipal Elections in Mozambique 6."To Vote or not to Vote": Facebook as Platform for Salafi Discourses on Voting in Uganda 7. Undermining Democracy Through Social Media: The Impact of Disinformation and Government Propaganda in the 2017 Elections in Kenya 8. Social Media, Internet Shutdowns and Elections In Uganda: The Case of 2016 and 2021 Electoral Campaigns 9. Social Media Use and its Impact on Malawi 2020 Presidential Election Part II: Observation Reports and Newsification of Elections 10. "Assessing the 'Credibility' of the Kenya's 2017 General Elections: A Critical Reading of Selected International Observers Missions 'Digital Reports' 11. The "Lack of Listening" During South African Election News Coverage: Ramifications for Peace and Democracy Part III: Digital Technologies, Protests and Social Change 12. #EndSARS Organizing: Lessons and Opportunities for Nigeria's Future Governance 13. A Revolution from the Centre: Class, Digital Cultures, and the 2018-2022 Sudan Uprising 14. Digital Cultures, Voice and (New) Forms of Civic Participation in Ghana 15. Assessing Twitter's Revolutionary Potential in an Authoritarian Regime: The Case of the #ZimbabweanLivesMatter
1. The Nexus Between Digital Technologies, Elections and Campaigns Part I: Digital Technologies and Electoral Campaigns 2. Twitter, Elections and Gendered Disinformation Campaigns in Zimbabwe 3. Digital Media Politics in Kenya: Of Nerds, Missionaries and Mercenaries 4. Social Media, Political Transition and Conflict in Ethiopia 5. Political Parties and Social Media: Between Screenshots, Memes and Hashtags During Municipal Elections in Mozambique 6."To Vote or not to Vote": Facebook as Platform for Salafi Discourses on Voting in Uganda 7. Undermining Democracy Through Social Media: The Impact of Disinformation and Government Propaganda in the 2017 Elections in Kenya 8. Social Media, Internet Shutdowns and Elections In Uganda: The Case of 2016 and 2021 Electoral Campaigns 9. Social Media Use and its Impact on Malawi 2020 Presidential Election Part II: Observation Reports and Newsification of Elections 10. "Assessing the 'Credibility' of the Kenya's 2017 General Elections: A Critical Reading of Selected International Observers Missions 'Digital Reports' 11. The "Lack of Listening" During South African Election News Coverage: Ramifications for Peace and Democracy Part III: Digital Technologies, Protests and Social Change 12. #EndSARS Organizing: Lessons and Opportunities for Nigeria's Future Governance 13. A Revolution from the Centre: Class, Digital Cultures, and the 2018-2022 Sudan Uprising 14. Digital Cultures, Voice and (New) Forms of Civic Participation in Ghana 15. Assessing Twitter's Revolutionary Potential in an Authoritarian Regime: The Case of the #ZimbabweanLivesMatter
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