Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics

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Beschreibung

From the upheavals of recent national elections to the success of the #MyDressMyChoice feminist movement, digital platforms have already had a dramatic impact on political life in Kenya - one of the most electronically advanced countries in Africa. While the impact of the Digital Age on Western politics has been extensively debated, there is still little appreciation of how it has been felt in developing countries such as Kenya, where Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and other online platforms are increasingly a part of everyday life.

Written by a respected Kenyan activist and researcher at the forefront of political online struggles, this book presents a unique contribution to the debate on digital democracy. For traditionally marginalised groups, particularly women and people with disabilities, digital spaces have allowed Kenyans to build new communities which transcend old ethnic and gender divisions. But the picture is far from wholly positive.

Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics explores the drastic efforts being made by elites to contain online activism, as well as how 'fake news', a failed digital vote-counting system and the incumbent president's recruitment of Cambridge Analytica contributed to tensions around the 2017 elections. Reframing digital democracy from the African perspective, Nyabola's ground-breaking work opens up new ways of understanding our current global online era.

Über den Autor

Nanjala Nyabola

Zusammenfassung

Part of Zed's high-profile African Arguments series, published in association with the International African Institute

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introduction
Part I: Analogue Politics
1. 2007: The Violent Origins of Kenya's Digital Decade
2. Avatars in the Square: Theorising the Kenyan Public Sphere
3. Collision Course: Where Analogue Meets Digital
4. Rattling the Snake without Getting Bitten: New Media usurping Traditional Media in Kenya

Part II: Digital Politics
5. An African Country in the Digital Age: The Making and Uses of #KOT
6. Redefining Community: The Politics of Public Performances of Empathy
7. Women at Work: Kenyan Feminist Organising on Social Media
8. Politics, Predators and Profit: Ethnicity, Hate Speech and the Threat of Digital Colonialism

Part III: History Not Learned From
9. 2017: The Most Expensive Election in the World
10. Conclusion

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Fachbereich:	Medienwissenschaften
Genre:	Medienwissenschaften
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781786994318
ISBN-10:	1786994313
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Nyabola, Nanjala
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße:	216 x 136 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	Nanjala Nyabola
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.11.2018
Gewicht:	0,328 kg

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