Recently there has been an increasing appropriation of and research on social media
technologies in public protests. Thus, taking the# ThisFlag and# ThisGown movements in …

The smartphone and social media have transformed Africa, allowing people across the
continent to share ideas, organise, and participate in politics like never before. While both …

Fake news and cyber-propaganda were ubiquitous in the mainstream and social media
during the 30 July 2018 Zimbabwe election. Both the ruling Zimbabwe African National …

While scholars have studied democratic backsliding in the West, rapid democratic
backsliding in the Global South is relatively underexplored, and the role of social media is …

The July 2018 Zimbabwe national elections were characterised by one unique feature: the
extensive use of social media especially Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook, especially by the …

Dissidents exist in every nation, always have, and perhaps always will–existing in that
precarious space between being patriots and enemies of the state. Social media, on the …

Does increasing Internet access and use challenge authoritarian elections? I argue that
Internet access provides both opposition supporters and government authorities with new …

This paper examines the role that a Facebook account operating under the name Baba
Jukwa played in the run up to the Zimbabwean 2013 election. It argues that Baba Jukwa …

The efficacy of digital media on politics, and society at large, has long been a subject of
intense scholarly debate. This paper examines the democratisation potential of social media …

Digital communication technologies have been considered as empowering tools for activists
advancing socio-political causes or challenging oppression. In Zimbabwe, digital activism is …