Digital Dissidence and Social Media Censorship in Africa

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Gatekeeper State Meets Digital Citizen Panoptic Gaze
PART I: BACKGROUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN AFRICA
	1. Historicising and Theorising Social Media and the Demotic Turn in Communication in Africa
	2. His Excellency, the Internet and Outraged Citizens: An Analysis of the Big Man Syndrome and Internet Shutdowns in Africa
	3. Capital, the State, and the Digital Divide: A Critical Reflection on Social Media Censorship in Ghana
	4. Between State Interests and Citizen Digital Rights: Making Sense of Internet Shutdowns in Zimbabwe
PART II: PROTEST JOURNALISM AND CITIZEN DISSIDENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
	5. Countering Hegemony in Zimbabwe’s Cyber Sphere: A Study of Dissident Digital Native Group #Tajamuka
	6. Cyber Space as Battlefield for Nationalist and Separatist Groups: A Study of Nigeria’s Indigenous People of Biafra Online Propaganda
	7. Social Media, Censorship and Counter-Censorship of Female Performances in Morocco and Egypt
	8. From Facebook to FaceBimeeza: How Ugandans Used Facebook to Replace Banned Radio Political Debate During the 2016 Presidential Elections
	9. Digital Dissidents or Whistle-Blowers? A Critical Analysis of Microbloggers in Kenya
PART III: SOCIAL MEDIA REPRESSION AND STATE SURVEILLANCE
	10. Social Media Usage and Digital Rights Restrictions in the Republic of Chad
	11. Powers, Interests and Actors: The Influence of China in Africa’s Digital Surveillance Practices
	12. Social Mediated Crisis Communication: Legitimacy, Significant Choice, and Censorship in the Armed Conflict in Cameroon
	13. Case Studies on Anti-Social Media Laws in African Countries
Index