Digital activism in the social media era
critical reflections on emerging trends in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Beteiligte: Mutsvairo, Bruce (HerausgeberIn), Wasserman, Herman (VerfasserIn eines Vorworts)
veröffentlicht: Cham Palgrave Macmillan [2016]
Medientyp: Buch, E-Book

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Umfang: xv, 341 Seiten; Illustrationen
ISBN: 3319409484
9783319409481
Sprache: Englisch
Kollektion: Verbunddaten SWB
Inhaltsangabe
Part I: Political Engagements in Mediated Online Communities. - 1.Dovetailing Desires for Democracy with New ICTS' Potentiality as Potent Platform for Online Activism - Bruce Mutsvairo. - 2.Engaging in polarised society: Social media and political discourse in Ethiopia - Iginio Gagliardone and Matti Pohjonen. - 3.Baba Jukwa and digital repertoires of collective contention in a competitive authoritarian regime: The case of Zimbabwe - Admire Mare. - 4.Breaking barriers through ICTs: The Short Message Service and contestations for political space in Zimbabwe, 2005-c.2015 - Wesley Mwatwara and Joseph Mujere. - 5.Citizen Journalism, Cyber-activism, and 'crowdsourcing: The mediation of the sacking of Sierra Leone's vice president Sam Sumana on FaceBook -Ibrahim Shaw. - Part II: Digital Transformations: Religious, Environmental and Civic Activism. - 6.Engaged online: The Youth, Social Media and Civic Engagement in Kenya - Sam Kamau. - 7.Engaged Chadian artist's digital itinerary towards political and civic -- SONA - Tanja Bosch. - 9.Was the -- Rhodes Must Fall campaign a lost opportunity for media and civic engagement? - Glenda Daniels. - 10.Civil Society, Civic Discourse and the Negotiation of South African Broadcasting policy - Viola Milton. - Part III: Gender and LGTB Movements Online: Emerging Debates. - 11.Digital Strategies and African LGBTI Organizing - Ashley Currier and Julie Moreau. - 12.A Resilient Unwanted Civil Society: The Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ)'s Use of Facebook as An Alternative Public Sphere in a Dominant Homophobic Zimbabwean Society - Nhamo A. Mhiripiri and Bianca S. Moyo. - 13.Broken Silence: -- BringBackOurGirls and the Feminism Discourse In Nigeria - Dorothy Njoroge. - 14.Social Media Deliberations on land reform and sustainability: A case of Zimbabwean women - Patience Mutopo. - 15.Zimbabwe's blogging 'girls', feminist activism and the politics of participation: A case of Her Zimbabwe- Shepherd Mpofu. - 16.Save Mabira Campaign: New findings from LGBT activism on the Net in Uganda - Monica B. Chibita