Communication and Electoral Politics in Ghana: Interrogating Transnational Technology, Discourse and Multimodalities

Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Election Discourse in Africa: Some Critical Considerations
	Introduction
	Critical Considerations
	Inside This Collection
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 2: Digital Rhetoric of Pandemic Elections: Toward Multilingual Multimodal Information Design
	Digital Technology, Democracy, and Language in Africa: An Introduction
	Affective Data Technologies, Discourse, and Election
	Artifact and Method
	Analysis and Discussion
		About the Political Parties
		Interviews of the Presidential Candidates
		Communicative Choices in the Comments Sections of the Interviews
		Content of Campaign Posters
	Multilingual Multimodal Information Design
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 3: Metaphors and Metonymies in Akosua Cartoons’ Representation of Ghana’s Electoral Politics
	Introduction
	Conceptual Metaphors
	The Social Semiotic Theory
	Review of Related Studies
	Analysis
	Conclusions
	References
Chapter 4: An Examination of the Communicative Functions of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s Inaugural Addresses
	Introduction
	Political Discourse Analysis
	Data and Analytic Procedures
	Analysis and Discussion
		Accepting a Call to Duty and Making Promises
		Providing Hope and Inspiration
		Enacting a Ritualistic Performance
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 5: Political Economy of Vigilantism in Ghana’s 2020 General Election
	Introduction
	Design, Method and Data Sources
	Theoretical Framework
	Political Economy of Vigilantism
	Political Vigilantism in Ghana: The Undercurrents
	Political Vigilantism: Findings from Ghana’s 2020 Elections
		Pre-election Rehearsals
		The Election Day
		Post-elections
	Conclusion
	References
		Internet Sources
Chapter 6: Social Media and Electoral Disagreements in Ghana’s 2020 Election
	Introduction
	Political Violence
	Ghana’s Political History and Events Leading to the 2020 Election
	Digital and Social Media Perspective on Politics
	Understanding Social Media and Electoral Campaigning
	Social Media Use as a Tool for Political Communication
	Social Media and Inclusive Democratic Participation
	Data and Methods
	Results
		Motives to Highlight Issues with Vigilantism and Use of Military Force
		Motives to Challenge the Integrity of the Voters’ Register
		Motives to Highlight Coercive Acts Against Humans, Property, and Infrastructure
		Motives to Highlight Economic Woes
	Discussion
	Conclusion and Recommendations
	References
Chapter 7: Dialogic Communication on Digital Platforms as Public Relations Technique: A Case of Two Political Parties
	Introduction
	The Challenge of Political Parties and Dialogic Engagement on Digital Platforms
	The Concept of Dialogic Communication and Public Relations
	Stakeholder Engagement and Social Media Campaigns
	Theoretical Framework
	Methodological Approach
	Findings and Discussions
		Dialogic Nature of Engagements on Twitter and Facebook
		General Content and Campaign Messages
		Promotion of Campaigns on the Digital Platforms
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 8: Direct Address and Ethical Performance of Political Discourse: An Analysis of Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang’s Inauguration Speech
	Introduction
	Background
	Feminist Style: Western and African Perspectives
	African Feminism
	Analysis and Discussion
	Direct Address and Collective Responsibility
	Direct Address and the Politics of Elision and Erasure
	It Is Not Politics as Usual: An Alternative Ethical Approach
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 9: Afterword: Democracy, Education, and Public Scholarship
	Introduction
	Education
	Public Scholarship and the Essence of Vernacular Knowledge
	Conclusion
	References
Index