X-Raying Digital Activism in Selected Countries: New Frontiers for Mobilization

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Author(s): Collence T. Chisita (University of South Africa, South Africa), Alexander Madana Rusero (Africa University, Zimbabwe), Vusi W. Tsabedze (University of Eswatini, Eswatini)and Amahle Khumalo (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 18
Source title: Dealing With Regional Conflicts of Global Importance
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Piotr Pietrzak (Sofia University, Bulgaria)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-9467-7.ch012

Keywords: Ethics and Social Responsibility / Information Science Reference / Political Science / Social Sciences & Humanities

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The spectacle of digital activism has taken the world by storm as silent voices manipulate the advantages or opportunities provided by social networking sites (SNSs) to organise protests by engaging their audiences using a panoply of digital technologies. The efficacy of such novel engagement as part of social action movements has become common worldwide, and Africa is no exception. The proliferation of digital media spaces has often made authoritarian resilience costly, but it continues to oil the surveillance economy, data capitalism, and global information manipulation. The chapter presents classical case studies reflecting how this phenomenon has engulfed African states. A qualitative research approach unpacks this phenomenon, as it has become deeply rooted in Africa's drive for social change. The chapter enquires about epistemological reasons such platforms have become a threat to the legacy media.

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