WhatsApp and everyday life in West Africa : beyond fake news /: beyond fake news. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Idayat Hassan, Jamie Hitchen.
• Editors: Hassan, Idayat; Hitchen, Jamie
• Contents: Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsINTRODUCTION: A NEW PLATFORM FOR OLD NETWORKS? WHATSAPP AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN WEST AFRICAIdayat Hassan and Jamie HitchenCHAPTER 1: WhatsApp and Political Messaging at the Periphery: Insights from Northern GhanaGabrielle Lynch, Ghadafi Saibu and Elena GadjanovaCHAPTER 2: WhatsApp, youth and politics in The Gambia: An analysis of 'Democratic Gambia'Sait Matty JawCHAPTER 3: WhatsApp political campaigns in NigeriaNwachukwu EgbunikeCHAPTER 4: Tailored to fit? WhatsApp marketing in Nigeria's fashion industryKolawole TalabiCHAPTER 5: 'The Forum': A WhatsApp support group for health and social service providers during the Anglophone Crisis in CameroonKamila Pacholek, Madalina Prostean, Sarah Burris, Lynn Cockburn, Julius Nganji, Anya Nadege, and Louis MbibehCHAPTER 6: The dynamics of WhatsApp usage among elderly NigeriansTemitayo OlofinluaCHAPTER 7: New Media, Social Relationships and Communication Imperatives: A study of Christlove Fellowship Alumni WhatsApp groupsFeyisitan Ijimakinwa and Fortune AfatakpaCHAPTER 8: Sharing the gospel: How Nigeria's Catholic community is building a WhatsApp congregationPatrick EgwuCHAPTER 9: Amplifying female voices in northern Nigerian politics: The role of WhatsAppNa'ima Hafiz AbubakarCHAPTER 10: Reinventing the newspaper for the WhatsApp ageSimon Allison.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 302.302850966; Online social networks -- Social aspects -- Africa, West; Online social networks -- Political aspects -- Africa, West
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350257887; 9781350257894
• Related ISBNs: 9781350257863; 9781350257870
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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