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This book probes the vitality, potentiality and ability of new communication and technological changes to drive online-based civil action across Africa. In a continent booming with mobile innovation and a plethora of social networking sites, the Internet is considered a powerful platform used by pro-democracy activists to negotiate and sometimes push for reform-based political and social changes in Africa. The book discusses and theorizes digital activism within social and geo-political realms, analysing cases such as the #FeesMustFall and #BringBackOurGirls campaigns in South Africa and Nigeria respectively to question the extent to which they have changed the dynamics of digital activism in sub-Saharan Africa. Comparative case study reflections in eight African countries identify and critique digital concepts questioning what impact they have had on the civil society. Cases also explore the African LGBT community as a social movement while discussing opportunities and challenges faced by online activists fighting for LGBT equality. Finally, gender-based activists using digital tools to gain attention and facilitate social changes are also appraised. .

Culture --- Ethnology --- Communication. --- Social media. --- Africa --- Cultural and Media Studies. --- Social Media. --- Media and Communication. --- African Culture. --- African Politics. --- Study and teaching. --- Africa. --- Politics and government. --- User-generated media --- Communication --- User-generated content --- Ethnology-Africa. --- Africa-Politics and government. --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Sociology --- Ethnology—Africa. --- Africa—Politics and government. --- Culture. --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Social aspects

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This book investigates the role of citizen journalism in railroading social and political changes in sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies are drawn from research conducted by leading scholars from the fields of media studies, journalism, anthropology and history, who uniquely probe the real impact of technologies in driving change in Africa.

Journalism --- Sociology of culture --- Economic order --- Economic policy and planning (general) --- Economic conditions. Economic development --- Development aid. Development cooperation --- Didactics of the arts --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Mass communications --- History of civilization --- Afrikaans --- ontwikkelingsbeleid --- Afrikaanse cultuur --- etnologie --- communicatie --- cultuur --- journalisten --- culturele antropologie --- ontwikkelingssamenwerking --- economische ontwikkelingen --- ontwikkelingspolitiek --- North Africa --- Africa

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This handbook attempts to fill the gap in empirical scholarship of media and communication research in Africa, from an Africanist perspective. The collection draws on expert knowledge of key media and communication scholars in Africa and the diaspora, offering a counter-narrative to existing Western and Eurocentric discourses of knowledge-production. As the decolonial turn takes centre stage across Africa, this collection further rethinks media and communication research in a post-colonial setting and provides empirical evidence as to why some of the methods conceptualised in Europe will not work in Africa. The result is a thorough appraisal of the current threats, challenges and opportunities facing the discipline on the continent.

Journalism --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Mass communications --- History of civilization --- Afrikaans --- Afrikaanse cultuur --- etnologie --- diaspora --- communicatie --- journalisten --- North Africa --- Africa

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This edited collection is a cutting-edge volume that reframes political communication from an African perspective. Focusing on African countries such as Mozambique, Zambia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Ivory Coast and Nigeria and occasionally drawing comparisons with other regions of the world, this book critically addresses the development of the field focusing on the current opportunities and challenges within the African context. By using a wide variety of case studies, this collection gives space to previously understudied regions of Africa and challenges the over-reliance of western scholarship on political communication on the continent.

Communication in politics --- Mass media --- Mass communication --- Media, Mass --- Media, The --- Political communication --- Political aspects --- Culture --- Ethnology --- Communication. --- Political communication. --- Africa --- Cultural and Media Studies. --- African Culture. --- Media and Communication. --- Political Communication. --- African Politics. --- Political science --- Communication, Primitive --- Sociology --- Cultural studies --- Study and teaching. --- Africa. --- Politics and government. --- Communication --- Ethnology-Africa. --- Africa-Politics and government. --- Ethnology—Africa. --- Africa—Politics and government. --- Communication in politics.

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This book uses decolonisation as a lens to interrogate political communication styles, performance, and practice in Africa and the diaspora. The book interrogates the theory and practice of political communication, using decolonial research methods to begin a process of self-reflexivity and the creation of a new approach to knowledge production about African political communication. In doing so, it explores political communication approaches that might until recently have been considered subversive or dissident: forms of political communication that served to challenge imposed western norms and to empower African citizens and their histories. Centring African scholarship, the book draws on case studies from across the continent, including Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, media and communication in Africa.

Political Science / Political Process / Media & Internet --- Political Science / World / African --- Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies --- Political science --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Political structure and processes --- Communication studies --- Politics and government --- Communication in politics --- Decolonization --- Communication --- Africa --- Language Arts & Disciplines --- Political Science --- Nonfiction. --- Language Arts. --- Media Studies. --- Politics.