Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 2

Chapter 1 Introduction: Social Media, Political Cultures and Elections in Africa

Chapter 2 Misogyny, Social Media and Electoral Democracy in Zimbabwe’s 2018 Elections

Chapter 3 Women and Election Activism in Uganda: The Pads4Girls Social Media Campaign

Chapter 5 Young People, Social Media, and Political Participation. The Limits of Discursive (In)Civility in the Kenyan Context

Chapter 6 Youth, Elections and Social Media: Understanding the Critical (Di)Stance Between Young People and Political Party Messaging

Chapter 7 Social Media as a New Source of Empowerment in Algeria

Chapter 9 #ThisFlag: Social Media and Cyber-Protests in Zimbabwe

Chapter 10 #Zuma Must Fall This February: Homophily on the Echo-Chambers of Political Leaders’ Twitter Accounts

Chapter 11 An Analysis of Newspapers’ Coverage of Hate Speech in Nigeria

Chapter 12 A Critical Analysis of Transgressive User-Generated Images and Memes and Their Portrayal of Dominant Political Discourses During Nigeria’s 2015 General Elections

Chapter 13 Discourses on Political Advertising in South Africa: A Social Media Reception Analysis