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

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Recapturing Citizen Journalism: Processes and Patterns....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Networked Social Journalism: Media, Citizen Participation and Democracy in Nigeria....Pages 19-33
Crossing Taboo Lines: Citizen Journalism Ethics in Political Crisis Settings....Pages 34-58
The Positioning of Citizen-Influenced Radio in the Battle for the Control of Minds....Pages 59-76
Why the Arab Spring Never Came to Ethiopia....Pages 77-89
Citizen Journalism at Crossroads: Mediated Political Agency and Duress in Central Africa....Pages 90-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
South African Arab Spring or Democracy to Come? An Analysis of South African Journalists’ Engagement with Citizenry through Twitter....Pages 107-122
Digital Technologies and the Extractive Sector: The New Wave of Citizen Journalism in Resource-Rich Countries....Pages 123-138
Crowdfunding: A Harambee for African Journalism?....Pages 139-156
Politics of Passion and the Pursuit of Propaganda in Zimbabwe’s State Media: A Study of the Case of The Herald ....Pages 157-170
Beyond Blind Optimism: The Case of Citizen Journalism in the Struggle for Democracy in Zimbabwe....Pages 171-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Political Participation, Alternative Media and Citizen Journalism in Lusophone Africa....Pages 187-201
Between “Bottom-Up” Journalism and Social Activism in Unequal Societies: The Case of GroundUp in South Africa....Pages 202-214
Citizen Journalism and National Politics in Zimbabwe: The Case of the 2008 and 2013 Elections....Pages 215-228
Citizen Journalism in Kenya as a Contested “Third Space”....Pages 229-243
Citizen Journalism and the Ebola Outbreak in Africa....Pages 244-261
From Citizen Journalism to Human Rights Journalism: Framing the Ebola Epidemic in Sierra Leone on Facebook....Pages 262-278
Back Matter....Pages 279-291