Digital and Social Media in Africa
This book provides case studies on the strategies used by African governments in monitoring and controlling digital and social media, as well as the implications of such actions for claims about media freedom and freedom of expression. Further, the book examines the human rights challenges posed...
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University of Westminster Press
2025
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| description | This book provides case studies on the strategies used by African governments in monitoring and controlling digital and social media, as well as the implications of such actions for claims about media freedom and freedom of expression.
Further, the book examines the human rights challenges posed by state control and monitoring of digital and social media forms of communication. In the context of a digital surveillance state, it questions how digital and social media can possibly enhance the democratisation of both the communicative and political spaces.
The book focuses on questions of censorship and control of digital and social media in ‘supposedly’ democratic societies. It discusses regulation and how governments have imposed their state power by ‘switching off’ the internet and blocking social media sites under the guise of national security and order maintenance. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1591202025-05-09T11:54:18Z Digital and Social Media in Africa Evans, Henri-Count Teer-Tomaselli, Ruth Mawere, Tinashe Society and culture: general;Media studies;Communication studies;News media and journalism This book provides case studies on the strategies used by African governments in monitoring and controlling digital and social media, as well as the implications of such actions for claims about media freedom and freedom of expression. Further, the book examines the human rights challenges posed by state control and monitoring of digital and social media forms of communication. In the context of a digital surveillance state, it questions how digital and social media can possibly enhance the democratisation of both the communicative and political spaces. The book focuses on questions of censorship and control of digital and social media in ‘supposedly’ democratic societies. It discusses regulation and how governments have imposed their state power by ‘switching off’ the internet and blocking social media sites under the guise of national security and order maintenance. 2025-05-07T07:18:54Z 2025-05-07T07:18:54Z 2025-05-06T10:20:26Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/101326 9781915445056 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159120 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101326/1/9781915445032.epub https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101326/1/9781915445032.epub University of Westminster Press 10.16997/12993670 10.16997/12993670 ebf00090-01f8-4204-9e78-018b9f254c60 9781915445056 240 open access |
| spellingShingle | Society and culture: general;Media studies;Communication studies;News media and journalism Digital and Social Media in Africa |
| title | Digital and Social Media in Africa |
| title_full | Digital and Social Media in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Digital and Social Media in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital and Social Media in Africa |
| title_short | Digital and Social Media in Africa |
| title_sort | digital and social media in africa |
| topic | Society and culture: general;Media studies;Communication studies;News media and journalism |
| topic_facet | Society and culture: general;Media studies;Communication studies;News media and journalism |
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