Digital Activism in the Social Media Era

Bruce Mutsvairo is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.

• Part I: Political Engagements in Mediated Online Communities.- 1. Dovetailing Desires for Democracy with New ICTS’ Potentiality as Potent Platform for Online Activism - Bruce Mutsvairo.- 2. Engaging in polarised society: Social media and political discourse in Ethiopia - Iginio Gagliardone and Matti Pohjonen.- 3. Baba Jukwa and digital repertoires of collective contention in a competitive authoritarian regime: The case of Zimbabwe - Admire Mare.- 4. Digital Activism in Uganda – Monica B Chibita.- 5. Citizen Journalism, Cyber-activism, and ‘crowdsourcing’: Discussing the sacking of Sierra Leone’s vice president Sam Sumana on Face book and Twitter - Ibrahim Seaga Shaw and Di Luo.- Part II: Digital Transformations: Civic Activism in the Africa Blogsphere.- 6. Engaged online: The Youth, Social Media and Civic Engagement in Kenya – Samuel Kamau.- 7. Engaged Chadian artist’s digital itinerary towards political and civic success: Pitfalls of oppression - Mirjam de Bruijn and Didier Lalaye.- 8. Twitter and participatory citizenship: #FeesMustFall in South Africa - Tanja Bosch.- 9. Was the #Rhodes Must Fall campaign a lost opportunity for media and civic engagement? - Glenda Daniels.- 10. Civil Society, Civic Discourse and the Negotiation of South African Broadcasting policy - Viola Milton.- Part III: Gender and LGTB Movements Online: Emerging Debates.- 11. Digital Strategies and African LGBTI Organizing - Ashley Currier and Julie Moreau.- 12. A Resilient Unwanted Civil Society: The Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ)’s Use of Facebook as An Alternative Public Sphere in a Dominant Homophobic Zimbabwean Society - Nhamo A. Mhiripiri and Bianca S. Moyo.- 13. Blogging, feminism and the politics of participation: The case of Her Zimbabwe - Shepherd Mpofu.- 14. Media Deliberations on land reform and sustainability: A case of Zimbabwean women – Patience Mutopo.- 15. Global activism or Media Spectacle? An Exploration of the Bring Back Our Girls Campaign - Dorothy Njoroge