Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Nexus Between Digital Technologies, Elections and Campaigns / Duncan Omanga, Admire Mare and Pamela Mainye -- Digital Technologies and Electoral Campaigns -- Twitter, Elections and Gendered Disinformation Campaigns in Zimbabwe / Admire Mare -- Digital Media Politics in Kenya: Of Nerds, Missionaries and Mercenaries / Duncan Omanga and Pamela Mainye -- Social Media, Political Transition and Conflict in Ethiopia / Asnake Kefale -- Political Parties and Social Media: Between Screenshots, Memes and Hashtags During Municipal Elections in Mozambique / De̹rcio Tsandzana -- "To Vote or not to Vote": Facebook as Platform for Salafi Discourses on Voting in Uganda / Abdulhakim A. Nsobya -- Undermining Democracy Through Social Media: The Impact of Disinformation and Government Propaganda in the 2017 Elections in Kenya / Jacinta Mwende Maweu -- Social Media, Internet Shutdowns and Elections In Uganda: The Case of 2016 and 2021 Electoral Campaigns / Emilly Comfort Maractho -- Social Media Use and its Impact on Malawi 2020 Presidential Election / Anthony M. Gunde and Jimmy Kainja -- Observation Reports and Newsification of Elections -- "Assessing the 'Credibility' of the Kenya's 2017 General Elections: A Critical Reading of Selected International Observers Missions 'Digital Reports' / John Mwangi Githigaro -- The "Lack of Listening" During South African Election News Coverage: Ramifications for Peace and Democracy / Bernadine Jones -- Digital Technologies, Protests and Social Change -- #EndSARS Organizing: Lessons and Opportunities for Nigeria's Future Governance / Toyin Ajao -- A Revolution from the Centre: Class, Digital Cultures, and the 2018-2022 Sudan Uprising / Mohamed Bakhit -- Digital Cultures, Voice and (New) Forms of Civic Participation in Ghana / Charles Prempeh -- Assessing Twitter's Revolutionary Potential in an Authoritarian Regime: The Case of the #ZimbabweanLivesMatter / Danford Zirugo and Admire Mare.

"This book looks at how digital technologies are revolutionizing electoral campaigns and democratization struggles in Africa. Digital technologies are giving voice and civic agency to a cross section of African voters, providing important spaces for political engagement and debate. Drawing on cases from Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe amongst others, this book traces the shifts and tensions in this changing electoral communications landscape. In doing so, the book explores themes such as hate speech and disinformation, decolonisation, surveillance, internet shutdowns, influencers, bots, algorithms, and election observation, and looks beyond Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and YouTube to the increasingly important role of visual platforms such as Instagram and TikTok. Particularly highlighting the contribution of African scholars, this book is an important guide for researchers across the fields of African politics, media studies, and electoral studies, as well as to professionals and policymakers in political communication"-- Provided by publisher.

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