02903nam 22005173 450 991099959800332120250727090536.01-915445-03-5(CKB)38730537900041(MiAaPQ)EBC32222851(Au-PeEL)EBL32222851(OCoLC)1518780345(NjHacI)9938730537900041(Exl-AI)32222851(EXLCZ)993873053790004120250727d2025 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDigital and Social Media in Africa1st ed.Ann Arbor :University of Westminster Press,2025.©2025.1 online resource (211 pages)Critical, Digital and Social Media Series1-915445-05-1 Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Materiality and Political Economy of Social Media in Africa: Power Retention and (Dis)Empowerment -- Chapter 2. Digital Communication and Social Media Infrastructures in Eswatini: Legitimating or Challenging the Status Quo? -- Chapter 3. Regulating Dissent on Social Media during Elections: The Cases of Uganda and Zimbabwe -- Chapter 4. Instigators, Rebels, Miscreants, and Hooligans: Reframing Social Media Activists in Contemporary Africa -- Chapter 5. The Weaponisation of Social Media in Zimbabwe: An Insight into Internet Usage and Government Restrictive Responses -- Chapter 6. Wedging Participatory Gaps? Minority Superusers’ Dominance of Discourse on Twitter during Elections and the Perpetuation of Online Discursive Inequalities -- Chapter 7. Social Media, Digital Influencers, and Social Participation in Mozambique: A Case Study of the Digital Influencer Salésio Do Pânico -- Chapter 8. Animation and Social Media as Alternative and Counterhegemonic Digital Public Sphere in Zimbabwe -- Conclusions. Navigating the Contested Terrain of Digital and Social Media in Africa -- IndexGenerated by AI.This book provides case studies on the strategies used by African governments in monitoring and controlling digital and social media, as well as the implications of such actions for claims about media freedom and freedom of expression.Critical, Digital and Social Media SeriesDigital mediaAfricaSocial mediaAfricaDigital mediaSocial media302.231096Evans Henri-Count1818115Teer-Tomaselli Ruth1834359Mawere Tinashe1834360MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910999598003321Digital and Social Media in Africa4409813UNINA