African Media and the Digital Public Sphere examines, from theoretical and empirical perspectives, the claims that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are catalysts of democratic change in Africa. Contributors do so from optimist, pragmatist-realist and pessimist stances through analyses of words and deeds of various political actors and organizations or institutions, from government units to political parties and party leaders to civil society organizations and minority groups. It is the first such publication contributed to by various African and Africanist scholars, based in Africa and around the world, whose research and/or practice activities focus on the relationship between new digital media and democracy on the continent.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Notes on the Contributors
Introduction: New Media and Democracy in Africa - A Critical Interjection; F.Banda, W.Tettey & O.F.Mudhai
Implications for Africa of E-Gov Challenges for Giants South Africa and Nigeria; O.F.Mudhai
'Misclick' on Democracy: New Media Use by Key Political Parties in Kenya's Disputed December 2007 Presidential Election; G.Nyabuga & O.F.Mudhai
Repression, Propaganda and Digital Resistance: New Media and Democracy in Zimbabwe; L.Moyo
Democractic Process, Civic Consciousness and the Internet in Francophone Africa; M.Frere & A.Kiyindou
Use of the Internet by NGOs to Promote Government Accountability: The Case of Egypt; K.Ayyad
ICTization Beyond Urban Male Elites: Issues of Gender Equality and Empowerment; K.J.Wakunuma-Zojer & P.K.Litho
ICTs, Youths and the Politics of Participation in Rural Uganda; C.A.Dralega
Transnationalism, the African Diaspora and the Deterritorialized Politics of the Internet; W.Tettey
Globalization from Below? ICTs and Democratic Development in the Project 'Indymedia Africa'; F.Frenzel & S.Sullivan
New Public Spheres: The Digital Age and Big Brother; K.G.Tomaselli & R.E.Teer-Tomaselli
Popular Music, New Media and the Digital Public Sphere in Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria; G.Ogola, A.Schumann & M.Olatunji
News Media Use of ICTs amidst War, Violence and Political Turmoil in the Central African Great Lakes; M.Frere
Conflict Coverage in a Digital Age: Challenges for African Media; R.Ottosen & O.F.Mudhai
DR OKOTH FRED MUDHAI lectures in journalism and global media and communication in the Media and Communication Department, Coventry University, UK.
DR WISDOM J. TETTEY is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary, Canada.
PROFESSOR FACKSON BANDA is the South African Breweries (SAB) Chair of Media and Democracy at the School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa where he has also played the role of acting Head of Department.
Description
African Media and the Digital Public Sphere examines, from theoretical and empirical perspectives, the claims that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are catalysts of democratic change in Africa. Contributors do so from optimist, pragmatist-realist and pessimist stances through analyses of words and deeds of various political actors and organizations or institutions, from government units to political parties and party leaders to civil society organizations and minority groups. It is the first such publication contributed to by various African and Africanist scholars, based in Africa and around the world, whose research and/or practice activities focus on the relationship between new digital media and democracy on the continent.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Notes on the Contributors
Introduction: New Media and Democracy in Africa - A Critical Interjection; F.Banda, W.Tettey & O.F.Mudhai
Implications for Africa of E-Gov Challenges for Giants South Africa and Nigeria; O.F.Mudhai
'Misclick' on Democracy: New Media Use by Key Political Parties in Kenya's Disputed December 2007 Presidential Election; G.Nyabuga & O.F.Mudhai
Repression, Propaganda and Digital Resistance: New Media and Democracy in Zimbabwe; L.Moyo
Democractic Process, Civic Consciousness and the Internet in Francophone Africa; M.Frere & A.Kiyindou
Use of the Internet by NGOs to Promote Government Accountability: The Case of Egypt; K.Ayyad
ICTization Beyond Urban Male Elites: Issues of Gender Equality and Empowerment; K.J.Wakunuma-Zojer & P.K.Litho
ICTs, Youths and the Politics of Participation in Rural Uganda; C.A.Dralega
Transnationalism, the African Diaspora and the Deterritorialized Politics of the Internet; W.Tettey
Globalization from Below? ICTs and Democratic Development in the Project 'Indymedia Africa'; F.Frenzel & S.Sullivan
New Public Spheres: The Digital Age and Big Brother; K.G.Tomaselli & R.E.Teer-Tomaselli
Popular Music, New Media and the Digital Public Sphere in Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria; G.Ogola, A.Schumann & M.Olatunji
News Media Use of ICTs amidst War, Violence and Political Turmoil in the Central African Great Lakes; M.Frere
Conflict Coverage in a Digital Age: Challenges for African Media; R.Ottosen & O.F.Mudhai
Authors
DR OKOTH FRED MUDHAI lectures in journalism and global media and communication in the Media and Communication Department, Coventry University, UK.
DR WISDOM J. TETTEY is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary, Canada.
PROFESSOR FACKSON BANDA is the South African Breweries (SAB) Chair of Media and Democracy at the School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa where he has also played the role of acting Head of Department.
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