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Digital Activism in the Social Media Era
Bruce . Ed(S): Mutsvairo
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Description for Digital Activism in the Social Media Era
Hardback. Editor(s): Mutsvairo, Bruce. Num Pages: 341 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 18 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFD; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 596.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
Number of Pages
341
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319409481
SKU
V9783319409481
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Ref
99-15
About Bruce . Ed(S): Mutsvairo
Bruce Mutsvairo is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.
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