Digital Technologies Elections And Campaigns In Africa

Author : Duncan Omanga,Admire Mare,Pamela Mainye
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781003801566

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Digital Technologies, Elections and Campaigns in Africa by Duncan Omanga,Admire Mare,Pamela Mainye Pdf

This book looks at how digital technologies are revolutionizing electoral campaigns and democratization struggles in Africa. Digital technologies are giving voice and civic agency to a cross section of African voters, providing important spaces for political engagement and debate. Drawing on cases from Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe amongst others, this book traces the shifts and tensions in this changing electoral communications landscape. In doing so, the book explores themes such as hate speech and disinformation, decolonisation, surveillance, internet shutdowns, influencers, bots, algorithms, and election observation, and looks beyond Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and YouTube to the increasingly important role of visual platforms such as Instagram and TikTok. Particularly highlighting the contribution of African scholars, this book is an important guide for researchers across the fields of African politics, media studies, and electoral studies, as well as to professionals and policymakers in political communication.

Author : Martin N. Ndlela,Winston Mano
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030305536

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Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 1 by Martin N. Ndlela,Winston Mano Pdf

This book brings together fresh evidence and new theoretical frameworks in a unique analysis of the increasing role of social media in political campaigns and electoral processes across Africa. Supported by contemporary and historical cases studies, it engages with the main drives behind the various appropriations of social media for election campaigns, organization, and voter mobilization. Contributors in this volume delve into changing and complex aspects of social media, offering an appraisal of theoretical perspectives and examining fascinating case studies which social media use is redefining elections across Africa. Contributions show that new media ecologies are resulting in new policy regimes, user behaviors, and communication models that have implications for electoral processes. The book also provides preliminary analysis of emerging forms of algorithm-driven campaigns, fake news, information distortions and other methods that undermine electoral democracy in Africa.

Author : Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780761868804

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Technology Integration and Transformation of Elections in Africa by Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor Pdf

Technology Integration and Transformation of Elections in Africa serves as a standard textbook and a reference guide to students in both undergraduate and graduate programs in tertiary institutions where elaborate discourse on the impact of technology to political elections and advancements across the continental Africa have continued to gain weight. The rationale in publishing this textbook far more outweighs its timeliness but speaks highly of its significance because it deals with technology integration and transformation of elections in Africa, a region whose elections has been continuously marred by corruption and incessant fraudulent activities perpetrated by both the citizens, various political parties and the umpires whose responsibilities were to present a credible election. Elections in Africa draws international attention and the news is seldom good. For instance, the elections in Kenya, fueled violence that left 1,500 dead and 300,000 displaced, while elections in Zimbabwe suffered from massive fraud and brutal suppression. In Nigeria in 1999, and 2011, the result of the elections were in shambles and some of the parties that lost the election took to the street resulting in the death of significant percentage of innocent people.

Author : Martin N. Ndlela,Winston Mano
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030326821

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Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 2 by Martin N. Ndlela,Winston Mano Pdf

This book, the second of two volumes, explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the increased presence of social media within African politics. Electoral processes in Africa have assumed new dimensions due to the influence of social media. As social media permeates different aspects of elections, it is ostensibly creating new challenges and opportunities. Most evident are the challenges of hate speech, misogyny and incivility. This book considers the impact of digital media before, during, and after elections, as well as authorities' attempts to legislate and regulate the internet in response. Contributions to this volume analyse social media posts, transgressive images, newspaper articles, and include case studies of Algeria, Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and Uganda. This results in the delivery of an original depiction of the use of social media in a variety of African contexts. This book will appeal to academics and students of media and communication studies, political studies, journalism, sociology, and African studies.

Author : McGonagle, Tarlach,Bednarski, Maciek,Francese Coutinho, Mariana,Zimin, Arthur
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231003578

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Elections and media in digital times by McGonagle, Tarlach,Bednarski, Maciek,Francese Coutinho, Mariana,Zimin, Arthur Pdf

Author : Martin N. Ndlela,Winston Mano
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 303030552X

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Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 1 by Martin N. Ndlela,Winston Mano Pdf

This book brings together fresh evidence and new theoretical frameworks in a unique analysis of the increasing role of social media in political campaigns and electoral processes across Africa. Supported by contemporary and historical cases studies, it engages with the main drives behind the various appropriations of social media for election campaigns, organization, and voter mobilization. Contributors in this volume delve into changing and complex aspects of social media, offering an appraisal of theoretical perspectives and examining fascinating case studies which social media use is redefining elections across Africa. Contributions show that new media ecologies are resulting in new policy regimes, user behaviors, and communication models that have implications for electoral processes. The book also provides preliminary analysis of emerging forms of algorithm-driven campaigns, fake news, information distortions and other methods that undermine electoral democracy in Africa.

Author : Martin N. Ndlela,Winston Mano
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Communication in politics
ISBN : OCLC:1197072360

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Social Media and Elections in Africa: Theoretical perspectives and election campaigns by Martin N. Ndlela,Winston Mano Pdf

"This book brings together fresh evidence and new theoretical frameworks in a unique analysis of the increasing role of social media in political campaigns and electoral processes across Africa. Supported by contemporary and historical cases studies, it engages with the main drives behind the various appropriations of social media for election campaigns, organization, and voter mobilization. Contributors in this volume delve into changing and complex aspects of social media, offering an appraisal of theoretical perspectives and examining fascinating case studies which social media use is redefining elections across Africa. Contributions show that new media ecologies are resulting in new policy regimes, user behaviors, and communication models that have implications for electoral processes. The book also provides preliminary analysis of emerging forms of algorithm-driven campaigns, fake news, information distortions and other methods that undermine electoral democracy in Africa"--Volume 1, page 4 of cover

Author : Kaitlyn Carter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1300400020

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Technology, Elections, and Democracy in Africa: Evidence from Kenya by Kaitlyn Carter Pdf

How does the use of digital technology in elections affect the credibility of elections in Kenya? In Africa's presidential systems, elections are winner-take-all contests where victory is critical for securing access to state institutions and resources. Technology use is currently changing the landscape of these contests. Over the past fifteen years, nearly two-thirds of all African countries have introduced the use of digital voting systems in elections, including biometric voter registration, biometric identification, electronic voting, and electronic results transmission. For countries like Kenya with unstable electoral histories, technology is meant to bridge a deficit of political trust by increasing transparency, reducing fraud, and making elections more efficient to announce winners faster and with more certainty. I analyze how technology use affects the credibility of elections in Kenya by examining the electoral commission, political parties, and voters. How does the use of election technology (1) affect the electoral commission's management of elections? (2) affect losers' responses to election results? and (3) affect voters' perceptions of elections? Technology use transforms the process of elections and changes who the election actors are, what access stakeholders have, and what the work of the electoral commission is. Rather than provide a modern method for transparent and efficient elections, I argue that the use of election technology does not solve Kenya's electoral problems and its use creates new unintended complications. Using original data from elite interviews in Kenya, I show that technology use creates impediments to competent election management by the electoral commission and generates new arenas of contestation for losing political parties. Evidence from a survey of Kenyan voters shows that opposition voters are less likely to support election results or have confidence in the electoral commission when technology is used. Opposition voters are also less likely to support future technology use in elections.

Author : Charles Omole
Publisher : Winning Faith
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1907095292

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How to Win Political Elections by Charles Omole Pdf

Political campaigns in Africa are increasingly taking on more sophistication and complexity compared to a few decades ago. With the widespread use of mobile technology and a predominance of a youthful population; the primordial campaign strategies need to be adapted to reflect the strategic planning and demographic nuances of modern life in Africa. Though specific esoteric circumstances still exist in many parts of the continent, there are however many general principles that can be followed in the planning, establishing and managing a successful political campaign in Africa. With the increasing use of social media by its mainly youthful population, high level of illiteracy in rural communities, introduction of technology-aided voting systems, widespread economic deprivation, pervasive corruption at all levels, frustration with governments at of types, Africa is witnesses a perfect storm of political meltdown that makes election outcomes prone to ever cryptic manipulations and more unpredictable for lots of political candidates. But success is never an accident, it is a methodology. In this book, the essential elements of successful political campaigns will be revealed, from the decision of a candidate to run for an office, to putting together the campaign infrastructure to running the campaign to a successful completion. This book is written as a project manual rather than as a textbook; so, it is a step by step guide to planning and implementing a political campaign from beginning to the end. John Podhoretz once said, "Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes." This book will help every political campaign to construct that new way of winning.

Author : Professor of Political Science Dieter Nohlen,Dieter Nohlen,Michael Krennerich,Research Associate Institute for Political Science Michael Krennerich,Bernard Thibaut,Research Associate Institute for Political Science Berhard Thibaut
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1001 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198296454

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Elections in Africa by Professor of Political Science Dieter Nohlen,Dieter Nohlen,Michael Krennerich,Research Associate Institute for Political Science Michael Krennerich,Bernard Thibaut,Research Associate Institute for Political Science Berhard Thibaut Pdf

Elections have always been an integral part of post-independence African politics and have assumed utmost importance in the course of recent democratisation processes. However, comparative research on the political development in Africa lacks reliable electoral data. Elections in Africa fills this cap. The handbook is the only reliable source for African elections from independence to present.In the first volume of this series, Elections in Africa presents a country-by-country study of African nations that provides a comparative introduction on elections and electoral systems. Each country chapter examines the history of the institutional and electoral arrangements, the evolution of suffrage and current electoral provisions. Precise and exhaustive data on national elections and referendums are presented comparatively. The book provides a definitive and comprehensive set ofdata on elections and electoral systems in order to facilitate comparative research. Data is presented in a systematic manner allowing for both historical and cross-national comparisons.

Author : Cosmas U. Nwokeafor,Kehbuma Langmia
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780761851998

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Media and Technology in Emerging African Democracies by Cosmas U. Nwokeafor,Kehbuma Langmia Pdf

Media and Technology in Emerging African Democracies is a standard text that will give students an opportunity to familiarize themselves with some of the best literature in media technology impact in emerging African democracies with relevant concentration on information and communication technology (ICT). This textbook is a collection of essays that may be used as primary reading for courses on mass media technology, and information communication technology (ICT). It is also suitable as supplementary reading in media and politics, political science and courses that focus on political communication, and business communication. The book serves as a reference guide to mass media scholars, development communication experts, government leaders, and diplomats interested in media review, most importantly as it pertains to African democratic dispensations. The book includes contributions by scholars whose research interests in media and its relevant impact on African democratic system have stirred considerable academic discourse. The chapters span several social science disciplines, giving students, professionals, and government agencies an opportunity to see challenges from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Author : Cosmas Uche Nwokeafor,Kehbuma Langmia
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0761862544

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Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process by Cosmas Uche Nwokeafor,Kehbuma Langmia Pdf

Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process analyzes the effect of mass media on African elections. Featuring contributions by leading African scholars and professionals, this book covers a wide array of social science disciplines, political discourses, and political communication issues. In addition, the book is an essential reference guide for mass media scholars, political scientists, consultants, professionals, and diplomats interested in the media's role in the electoral process.

Author : Martin N. Ndlela,Winston Mano
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Communication in politics
ISBN : OCLC:1197072360

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Social Media and Elections in Africa: Challenges and opportunities by Martin N. Ndlela,Winston Mano Pdf

"This book brings together fresh evidence and new theoretical frameworks in a unique analysis of the increasing role of social media in political campaigns and electoral processes across Africa. Supported by contemporary and historical cases studies, it engages with the main drives behind the various appropriations of social media for election campaigns, organization, and voter mobilization. Contributors in this volume delve into changing and complex aspects of social media, offering an appraisal of theoretical perspectives and examining fascinating case studies which social media use is redefining elections across Africa. Contributions show that new media ecologies are resulting in new policy regimes, user behaviors, and communication models that have implications for electoral processes. The book also provides preliminary analysis of emerging forms of algorithm-driven campaigns, fake news, information distortions and other methods that undermine electoral democracy in Africa"--Volume 1, page 4 of cover

Author : Michael Cowen,Liisa Laakso
Publisher : James Currey
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025749214

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Multi-party Elections in Africa by Michael Cowen,Liisa Laakso Pdf

This volume contains electoral studies of multiparty politics in 14 African countries during the 1990s. Most are about national elections in Anglophone Africa. There are also less well-known examples from Sudan, Ethiopia and Guinea Bissau. The collection also features studies of the local elections in Namibia and of a significant by-election in Malawi. The multiparty period had been put, wherever possible, within the historical context of earlier elections in Africa. Questions addressed include: how did incumbent governing regimes learn to live with multiparty politics? Why have some elections been so closely fought and others have suffered from apathy? Why has there been relatively open political expression and activity when the elections have increased the political and economic manipulation by incumbent governments? Why have the elections of the 1990s been so marked by local and ethnic variations? To what extent did this wave of democracy result from pressure from donor countries?

Author : Jaimie Bleck,Nicolas van de Walle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108680622

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Electoral Politics in Africa since 1990 by Jaimie Bleck,Nicolas van de Walle Pdf

Democratic transitions in the early 1990s introduced a sea change in Sub-Saharan African politics. Between 1990 and 2015, several hundred competitive legislative and presidential elections were held in all but a handful of the region's countries. This book is the first comprehensive comparative analysis of the key issues, actors, and trends in these elections over the last quarter century. The book asks: what motivates African citizens to vote? What issues do candidates campaign on? How has the turn to regular elections promoted greater democracy? Has regular electoral competition made a difference for the welfare of citizens? The authors argue that regular elections have both caused significant changes in African politics and been influenced in turn by a rapidly changing continent - even if few of the political systems that now convene elections can be considered democratic, and even if many old features of African politics persist.