Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa : A Connected Continent.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (304 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137554505
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 079/.6
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Foreword by Stuart Allan -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Recapturing Citizen Journalism: Processes and Patterns -- Part I: Recapturing Production Practices -- 2 Networked Social Journalism: Media, Citizen Participation and Democracy in Nigeria -- 3 Crossing Taboo Lines: Citizen Journalism Ethics in Political Crisis Settings -- 4 The Positioning of Citizen-Influenced Radio in the Battle for the Control of Minds -- 5 Why the Arab Spring Never Came to Ethiopia -- 6 Citizen Journalism at Crossroads: Mediated Political Agency and Duress in Central Africa -- Part II: Prospects, Promises and Pitfalls -- 7 South African Arab Spring or Democracy to Come? An Analysis of South African Journalists' Engagement with Citizenry through Twitter -- 8 Digital Technologies and the Extractive Sector: The New Wave of Citizen Journalism in Resource-Rich Countries -- 9 Crowdfunding: A Harambee for African Journalism? 139 -- 10 Politics of Passion and the Pursuit of Propaganda in Zimbabwe's State Media: A Study of the Case of The Herald -- 11 Beyond Blind Optimism: The Case of Citizen Journalism in the Struggle for Democracy in Zimbabwe -- Part III: Perceptions and Critiques -- 12 Political Participation, Alternative Media and Citizen Journalism in Lusophone Africa -- 13 Between "Bottom-Up" Journalism and Social Activism in Unequal Societies: The Case of GroundUp in South Africa -- 14 Citizen Journalism and National Politics in Zimbabwe: The Case of the 2008 and 2013 Elections -- 15 Citizen Journalism in Kenya as a Contested "Third Space" -- 16 Citizen Journalism and the Ebola Outbreak in Africa -- 17 From Citizen Journalism to Human Rights Journalism: Framing the Ebola Epidemic in Sierra Leone on Facebook -- Index.
No physical items for this record

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Foreword by Stuart Allan -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Recapturing Citizen Journalism: Processes and Patterns -- Part I: Recapturing Production Practices -- 2 Networked Social Journalism: Media, Citizen Participation and Democracy in Nigeria -- 3 Crossing Taboo Lines: Citizen Journalism Ethics in Political Crisis Settings -- 4 The Positioning of Citizen-Influenced Radio in the Battle for the Control of Minds -- 5 Why the Arab Spring Never Came to Ethiopia -- 6 Citizen Journalism at Crossroads: Mediated Political Agency and Duress in Central Africa -- Part II: Prospects, Promises and Pitfalls -- 7 South African Arab Spring or Democracy to Come? An Analysis of South African Journalists' Engagement with Citizenry through Twitter -- 8 Digital Technologies and the Extractive Sector: The New Wave of Citizen Journalism in Resource-Rich Countries -- 9 Crowdfunding: A Harambee for African Journalism? 139 -- 10 Politics of Passion and the Pursuit of Propaganda in Zimbabwe's State Media: A Study of the Case of The Herald -- 11 Beyond Blind Optimism: The Case of Citizen Journalism in the Struggle for Democracy in Zimbabwe -- Part III: Perceptions and Critiques -- 12 Political Participation, Alternative Media and Citizen Journalism in Lusophone Africa -- 13 Between "Bottom-Up" Journalism and Social Activism in Unequal Societies: The Case of GroundUp in South Africa -- 14 Citizen Journalism and National Politics in Zimbabwe: The Case of the 2008 and 2013 Elections -- 15 Citizen Journalism in Kenya as a Contested "Third Space" -- 16 Citizen Journalism and the Ebola Outbreak in Africa -- 17 From Citizen Journalism to Human Rights Journalism: Framing the Ebola Epidemic in Sierra Leone on Facebook -- Index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2025. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Licensed e-book