Social media as alternative public sphere for citizen participation and protest in national politics in Zimbabwe: the case of #thisflag

The chapter examines and discusses the role and communicative potential of social media based platforms in citizen political participation and protests in Zimbabwe specifically focusing on the #thisflag movement on Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp. #thisflag is a social media-based platform that rose...

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Main Authors: Sabao, Collen, Chikara, Tendai Owen
Format: Book chapter
Language:English
Published: IGI Global 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4506
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