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Digital Citizenship in Africa: Technologies of Agency and Repression
London et al.: Zed Books (2023), xxi, 234 pp.
"With contributions from scholars across the continent, Digital Citizenship in Africa illustrates how citizens have been using VPNs, encryption, and privacy-protecting browsers to resist limits on their rights to privacy and political speech. This book dramatically expands our understanding of the v
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Questioning the Media-Democracy Link: South African Journalists’ Views
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 1 (2017), pp. 104-128
"It is often assumed that a robust, free and independent media will contribute to the deepening of democracy by keeping governments accountable and broadening citizen participation in deliberative democratic debates. But in new democracies such as South Africa, the deepening and broadening of democr
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Broadcasting Democracy: Radio and Identity in South Africa
Cape Town: HSRC Press (2017), vii, 176 pp.
"The media play a key role in post-apartheid South Africa and is often positioned at the centre of debates around politics, identity and culture. Media, such as radio, are often said to also play a role in deepening democracy, while simultaneously holding the power to frame political events, shape p
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Civil Society, Political Activism and Communications in Democratisation Conflicts: A Literature Review
Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) Media (2016), 35 pp.
"Given that the nature of civil society in different countries is different, and also often shifting in response to political changes, examining the relationship between civil society and media production (mainstream and alternative) in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa involves being sensitive
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Comparative Analysis of Civil Society, Media and Conflict
Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) Media (2016), 52 pp.
"This paper explores how Egyptian, Kenyan, Serbian and South African civil society organisations (CSOs) use communication and relationships with media to engage in democratic contestation. Individual interviews were conducted with 91 CSO members who participated in the various democratisation confli
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"The paper presents: A discussion of the methods used in memory studies, explaining how attention to questions of methodology has been limited in memory studies because much research has been more concerned with theoretical issues. The paper reflects on the methods from oral history, as well as othe
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Women as Radio Audiences in Africa
Community Radio
In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), pp. 426-438
"This chapter focuses on community radio as one form of community media, and explores how citizens and activists use community radio stations for development and social change, despite the challenges of financial sustainability. First, a brief history of community radio is provided, in an internatio
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Youth, Facebook and Politics in South Africa
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 119-130
"This article explores how Facebook is used by South African youth, with particular reference to their political participation and involvement. Research has shown the declining involvement of young people in political processes, particularly since democratic elections in 1994. This is an internation
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