Description
Demonstrates how social media is transforming political engagement in Africa using unique case studies from across the region.
About the Author
Maggie Dwyer is a Lecturer at the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK. She also serves as an associate editor at the Journal of Modern African Studies. Her previous works include Soldiers in Revolt: Army Mutinies in Africa (2017). Thomas Molony is Director of the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK. He has previously served as an international election observer for the European Union Election Observation Missions in Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi, as well as serving as a parliamentary adviser on ICT in developing countries. His previous works include Nyerere: The Early Years (2014).
Reviews
Methodologically innovative, rich in data and analytically profound. This is one of the most important studies of social media in Africa in recent times. * Dr George Ogola, Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Central Lancashire *
Brilliant, rich and much-needed! Dwyer and Molony have done a fantastic job of bringing social media to the core of the present, and future, of African politics. * Dr Toussaint Nothias, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society' *
Moving beyond technological utopianism, this exciting edited collection provides much-needed nuanced analysis of the way in which social media both challenge and reproduce power relations. * Dr Wendy Willems, Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science *
Book Information
ISBN 9781786994974
Author Maggie Dwyer
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Zed Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 344g