Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa (eBook)

This book investigates the role of citizen journalism in railroading social and political changes in sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies are drawn from research conducted by leading scholars from the fields of media studies, journalism, anthropology and history, who uniquely probe the real impact of technologies in driving change in Africa.

Farooq Kperogi, Kennesaw State University, USA Kristin Skare Orgeret, Oslo and Akershus University College, Norway George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire, UK Mike Owuor, Nation Media Group, Kenya Susana Salgado, University of Lisbon, Portugal Erika Rodrigues, UX, Information Technologies Ltd., Mozambique Winston Mano, University of Westminster, UK Terje Skjerdal, NLA University College, Kristiansand, Norway Everette Ndlovu, University of Salford, UK Wallace Chuma, University of Cape Town, South Africa Viola Candice Milton, University of South Africa Joseph Mujere, University of Zimbabwe Glenda Daniels, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Last Moyo, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Mirjam de Bruijn, Leiden University, Netherlands Ibrahim Shaw, Northumbria University, UK Cleophas Taurai Muneri, University of New Mexico, USA Anya Schiffrin, Columbia University, USA Wesley Mwatwara, University of Zimbabwe

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This book investigates the role of citizen journalism in railroading social and political changes in sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies are drawn from research conducted by leading scholars from the fields of media studies, journalism, anthropology and history, who uniquely probe the real impact of technologies in driving change in Africa.