Perspectives on political communication in Africa
Cham:
Palgrave Macmillan
(2018), xxiii, 272 pp., 12 illustr., index
ISBN 978-3-319-62057-2 (ebook); 978-3-319-62056-5 (print)
"Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa 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 that include Mozambique, Zambia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Ivory Coast and Nigeria, the collection gives space to previously understudied regions of sub-Saharan Africa and challenges the over-reliance of western scholarship on political communication on the continent." (Publisher)
Contents
I. CONCEPTUALISING POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE
1 Key developments in political communication in Africa / Bruce Mutsvairo and Beschara Karam, 3
2 Theorising political communication in Africa / Beschara Karam, 27
3 Split: missing the master signifier in the role of the media in a democracy: the tension between the ANC's president Jacob Zuma and the media in South Africa / Glenda Daniels, 45
4 Hashtags: #RhodesMustFall, #FeesMustFall and the temporalities of a meme event / Pier Paulo Frassinelli, 61
II. EMERGENT NARRATIVES: COMPLEX AND CONRADICTORY ATTITUDES BETWEEN MEDIA AND POLITICS
5 Determinants of participation in political communication in Uganda's broadcast media: implications for women / Emilly Comfort Maractho, 79
6 Mapping Zambia's press freedom trajectory: a longitudinal study examining parliamentarians' perceptions of the media / Twange Kasoma and Gregory Pitts, 95
7 At war: government and media tensions in contemporary Kenya and the implications for public interest / Sam Kamau, 113
8 Communicating politics and national identity: the case of Mozambique / Gisela Gonçalves and Stélia Neta João Mboene Mapanzene, 129
III. ONLINE AND OFFLINE MAPPING OF INTERACTIVE POLITICS AND MEDIA
9 Digital media and political citizenship: Facebook and politics in South Africa / Tanja Bosch, 145
10 Framing the debate on "Kagame III" in Rwanda's print media / Margaret Jjuuko, 159
11 "Us" versus "them": exploring ethno-regional contestations in Nigerian political communication / Mercy Ette, 173
12 Romancing the media: a critical interrogation of political communication in presidential elections in Kenya / George Nyabuga and Wilson Ugangu, 189
13 Fake it till you make it: the role, impact and consequences of fake news / Ylva Rodny-Gumede, 203
IV. LOCAL POLITICS IN A GLOBALISED WORLD
14 Political communication in a regressed democracy: an analysis of political party advertising campaigns in Zimbabwe's 2008 harmonised election / Tendai Chari, 223
15 Interviews with Ivoirian political journalists: examining the political role of local and foreign journalists during Ivory Coast's 2010-2011 electoral crisis / Jeslyn Lemke, 239
16 Political Communication in Ghana: exploring evolving trends and implications for national development / Africanus Lewil Diedong, 255
1 Key developments in political communication in Africa / Bruce Mutsvairo and Beschara Karam, 3
2 Theorising political communication in Africa / Beschara Karam, 27
3 Split: missing the master signifier in the role of the media in a democracy: the tension between the ANC's president Jacob Zuma and the media in South Africa / Glenda Daniels, 45
4 Hashtags: #RhodesMustFall, #FeesMustFall and the temporalities of a meme event / Pier Paulo Frassinelli, 61
II. EMERGENT NARRATIVES: COMPLEX AND CONRADICTORY ATTITUDES BETWEEN MEDIA AND POLITICS
5 Determinants of participation in political communication in Uganda's broadcast media: implications for women / Emilly Comfort Maractho, 79
6 Mapping Zambia's press freedom trajectory: a longitudinal study examining parliamentarians' perceptions of the media / Twange Kasoma and Gregory Pitts, 95
7 At war: government and media tensions in contemporary Kenya and the implications for public interest / Sam Kamau, 113
8 Communicating politics and national identity: the case of Mozambique / Gisela Gonçalves and Stélia Neta João Mboene Mapanzene, 129
III. ONLINE AND OFFLINE MAPPING OF INTERACTIVE POLITICS AND MEDIA
9 Digital media and political citizenship: Facebook and politics in South Africa / Tanja Bosch, 145
10 Framing the debate on "Kagame III" in Rwanda's print media / Margaret Jjuuko, 159
11 "Us" versus "them": exploring ethno-regional contestations in Nigerian political communication / Mercy Ette, 173
12 Romancing the media: a critical interrogation of political communication in presidential elections in Kenya / George Nyabuga and Wilson Ugangu, 189
13 Fake it till you make it: the role, impact and consequences of fake news / Ylva Rodny-Gumede, 203
IV. LOCAL POLITICS IN A GLOBALISED WORLD
14 Political communication in a regressed democracy: an analysis of political party advertising campaigns in Zimbabwe's 2008 harmonised election / Tendai Chari, 223
15 Interviews with Ivoirian political journalists: examining the political role of local and foreign journalists during Ivory Coast's 2010-2011 electoral crisis / Jeslyn Lemke, 239
16 Political Communication in Ghana: exploring evolving trends and implications for national development / Africanus Lewil Diedong, 255
