African Media and the Digital Public Sphere

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction: New Media and Democracy in Africa—A Critical Interjection....Pages 1-20
Implications for Africa of E-Gov Challenges for Giants South Africa and Nigeria....Pages 21-40
“Misclick” on Democracy: New Media Use by Key Political Parties in Kenya’s Disputed December 2007 Presidential Election....Pages 41-56
Repression, Propaganda, and Digital Resistance: New Media and Democracy in Zimbabwe....Pages 57-71
Democratic Process, Civic Consciousness, and the Internet in Francophone Africa....Pages 73-88
Use of the Internet by NGOs to Promote Government Accountability: The Case of Egypt....Pages 89-103
ICTization beyond Urban Male Elites: Issues of Gender Equality and Empowerment....Pages 105-123
ICTs, Youths, and the Politics of Participation in Rural Uganda....Pages 125-142
Transnationalism, the African Diaspora, and the Deterritorialized Politics of the Internet....Pages 143-163
Globalization from below? ICTs and Democratic Development in the Project “Indymedia Africa”....Pages 165-182
New Public Spheres: The Digital Age and Big Brother....Pages 183-202
Popular Music, New Media, and the Digital Public Sphere in Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, and Nigeria....Pages 203-222
News Media Use of ICTs amidst War, Violence, and Political Turmoil in the Central African Great Lakes....Pages 223-238
Conflict Coverage in a Digital Age: Challenges for African Media....Pages 239-253
Back Matter....Pages 255-260