Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 1 : Theoretical Perspectives and Election Campaigns /: Theoretical Perspectives and Election Campaigns. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Martin N. Ndlela, Winston Mano.
• Editors: Ndlela, Martin N; Mano, Winston
• Contents: 1. Introduction: The role of social media in electoral democracies.- Martin Ndlela & Winston Mano.2. Directions of Political Communication in Africa: Searching for an African Model.- Thomas Chukwuma Ijere.3. Elections in the Age of Automated Communications.- Martin Ndlela.4. Is social media the bane of African electoral processes? The use and abuse of Facebook during intra-party election campaigns in Ghana.- Akwasi Bosompem Boateng, Danal Patrick McCracken & Musara Lubombo.5. Social media, participation and electoral democracy in Ghana.- Wilberforce Dzisah.6. This election will be Tweeted: Zimbabwe's Election Twitter Discourses.- Allen Munoroyarwa and Collin Chambwera.7. Social media and the 2018 elections in post Mugabe Zimbabwe's 2018 elections.- Trust Matsilele & Admire Mare.8. Why Social Media Activisim is not Enough: Analysis of Facebook, Youtube and Twitter Use in the 2018 Presidential Elections in Cameroon.- Kingsley L. Ngange.9. Political participation, engagement and democracy: A case of BOLESWA.- Carolyne M. Lunga & Maxwell V. Mthembu.10. The new battleground: Social media and political mobilization in Nigeria's electoral democracy.- Barikui Naane.11. Arua Election and the Bobi Wine Social Media Trailblaze: Citizenry Political Debates and Deliberative Democracy in Uganda.- Muzee Hannah & Joyce. B. Mbongo Endeley.12. Understanding the Implications of Social Media Usage in the Electoral Processes and Campaigns in Nigeria.- Oberiri Destiny Apuke.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (237 pages)
• Subjects: Culture-Study and teaching; Ethnology--Africa; Social Science -- Media Studies; Social Science -- General; Political Science -- General; Media studies; Cultural studies; Political science & theory; Social media; Communication; Political communication
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030305536
• Related ISBNs: 9783030305529
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