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African media and the digital public sphere

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 societ...

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Group Author: Mudhai, Okoth Fred; Tettey, Wisdom J.; Banda, Fackson.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: The Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication
Subjects:
Democracy > Africa.
Information technology > Social aspects > Africa.
Information technology > Political aspects > Africa.
Information society > Africa.
Central government policies.
Cultural studies.
Politics and Government.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230621756
Summary: 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.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230614864, 2009.
Carrier Form: 276 p.
ISBN: 9780230614864
9780230621756 :
0230621759 :
CLC: D082
Contents: List of Figures * List of Tables * Preface * Notes on the Contributors * 1 Introduction: New Media and Democracy in Africa - A Critical Interjection- Fackson Banda, Wisdom Tettey and Okoth Fred Mudhai * 2 Implications for Africa of E-Gov Challenges for Giants South Africa and Nigeria- Okoth Fred Mudhai * 3 "Misclick" on Democracy: New Media Use by Key Political Parties in Kenya's Disputed December 2007 Presidential Election- George Nyabuga and Okoth Fred Mudhai * 4 Repression, Propaganda and Digital Resistance: New Media and Democracy in Zimbabwe- Last Moyo * 5 Democractic Process, Civic Consciousness and the Internet in Francophone Africa- Marie-Soleil Frere and Alain Kiyindou * 6 Use of the Internet by NGOs to Promote Government Accountability: The Case of Egypt- Khayrat Ayyad * 7 ICTization Beyond Urban Male Elites: Issues of Gender Equality and Empowerment-Kutoma J. Wakunuma-Zojer and Patricia K. Litho * 8 ICTs, Youths and the Politics of Participation in Rural Ugand- Carol Azungi Dralega * 9 Transnationalism, the African Diaspora and the Deterritorialized Politics of the Internet- Wisdom Tettey * 10 Globalization from below? ICTs and Democratic Development in the Project 'Indymedia Africa'- Fabian Frenzel and Sian Sullivan * 11 New Public Spheres: The Digital Age and Big Brother- Keyan G. Tomaselli and Ruth E. Teer-Tomaselli * 12 Popular Music, New Media and the Digital Public Sphere in Kenya, Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria- George Ogola, Anne Schumann and Michael Olatunji * 13 News Media Use of ICTs amidst War, Violence and Political Turmoil in the Central African Great Lakes- Marie-Soleil Frere * 14 Conflict Coverage in a Digital Age: Challenges for African Media- Rune Ottosen and Okoth Fred Mudhai.

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