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African Media and the Digital Public Sphere

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Editors:
  1. Okoth Fred Mudhai

    1. Coventry University, UK

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  2. Wisdom J. Tettey

    1. University of Calgary, Canada

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  3. Fackson Banda

    1. School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: New Media and Democracy in Africa—A Critical Interjection

    • Fackson Banda, Okoth Fred Mudhai, Wisdom J. Tettey
    Pages 1-20

  3. Implications for Africa of E-Gov Challenges for Giants South Africa and Nigeria

    • Okoth Fred Mudhai
    Pages 21-40

  4. “Misclick” on Democracy: New Media Use by Key Political Parties in Kenya’s Disputed December 2007 Presidential Election

    • George Nyabuga, Okoth Fred Mudhai
    Pages 41-56

  5. Repression, Propaganda, and Digital Resistance: New Media and Democracy in Zimbabwe

    • Last Moyo
    Pages 57-71

  6. Democratic Process, Civic Consciousness, and the Internet in Francophone Africa

    • Marie-Soleil Frère, Alain Kiyindou
    Pages 73-88

  7. Use of the Internet by NGOs to Promote Government Accountability: The Case of Egypt

    • Khayrat Ayyad
    Pages 89-103

  8. ICTization beyond Urban Male Elites: Issues of Gender Equality and Empowerment

    • Kutoma J. Wakunuma-Zojer, Patricia K. Litho
    Pages 105-123

  9. ICTs, Youths, and the Politics of Participation in Rural Uganda

    • Carol Azungi Dralega
    Pages 125-142

  10. Transnationalism, the African Diaspora, and the Deterritorialized Politics of the Internet

    • Wisdom J. Tettey
    Pages 143-163

  11. Globalization from below? ICTs and Democratic Development in the Project “Indymedia Africa”

    • Fabian Frenzel, Sian Sullivan
    Pages 165-182

  12. New Public Spheres: The Digital Age and Big Brother

    • Keyan G. Tomaselli, Ruth E. Teer-Tomaselli
    Pages 183-202

  13. Popular Music, New Media, and the Digital Public Sphere in Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, and Nigeria

    • George Ogola, Anne Schumann, Michael Olutayo Olatunji
    Pages 203-222

  14. News Media Use of ICTs amidst War, Violence, and Political Turmoil in the Central African Great Lakes

    • Marie-Soleil Frère
    Pages 223-238

  15. Conflict Coverage in a Digital Age: Challenges for African Media

    • Rune Ottosen, Okoth Fred Mudhai
    Pages 239-253

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 255-260
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Coventry University, UK

    Okoth Fred Mudhai

  • University of Calgary, Canada

    Wisdom J. Tettey

  • School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa

    Fackson Banda

About the editors

Okoth Fred Mudhai is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Global Media and Communication in the Media Department of Coventry University.

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