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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| description | 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 to challenge the Zimbabwean government over the political and economic decay as well as rampant corruption characterising the country contemporarily. While a new phenomenon to Zimbabwe and Zimbabwean politics, the impact and communicative potential of social media as an alternative public sphere was recently tested in nationwide protest stayaway organised through the Facebook and Twitter movement under the #thisflag handle/brand. This chapter discusses the manners in which such social media platforms impact national politics in Zimbabwe as well as globally, specifically looking at the #thisflag movement as a case study. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-45062022-06-27T13:49:05Z Social media as alternative public sphere for citizen participation and protest in national politics in Zimbabwe: the case of #thisflag Sabao, Collen Chikara, Tendai Owen Social Media Alternative Public Sphere Citizen Participation Protest in National Politics #thisflag Zimbabwe 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 to challenge the Zimbabwean government over the political and economic decay as well as rampant corruption characterising the country contemporarily. While a new phenomenon to Zimbabwe and Zimbabwean politics, the impact and communicative potential of social media as an alternative public sphere was recently tested in nationwide protest stayaway organised through the Facebook and Twitter movement under the #thisflag handle/brand. This chapter discusses the manners in which such social media platforms impact national politics in Zimbabwe as well as globally, specifically looking at the #thisflag movement as a case study. 2021-11-12T09:06:56Z 2021-11-12T09:06:56Z 2020 Book chapter http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4506 en African Studies: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice : p.15; open IGI Global |
| spellingShingle | Social Media Alternative Public Sphere Citizen Participation Protest in National Politics #thisflag Zimbabwe Sabao, Collen Chikara, Tendai Owen Social media as alternative public sphere for citizen participation and protest in national politics in Zimbabwe: the case of #thisflag |
| title | Social media as alternative public sphere for citizen participation and protest in national politics in Zimbabwe: the case of #thisflag |
| title_full | Social media as alternative public sphere for citizen participation and protest in national politics in Zimbabwe: the case of #thisflag |
| title_fullStr | Social media as alternative public sphere for citizen participation and protest in national politics in Zimbabwe: the case of #thisflag |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social media as alternative public sphere for citizen participation and protest in national politics in Zimbabwe: the case of #thisflag |
| title_short | Social media as alternative public sphere for citizen participation and protest in national politics in Zimbabwe: the case of #thisflag |
| title_sort | social media as alternative public sphere for citizen participation and protest in national politics in zimbabwe: the case of #thisflag |
| topic | Social Media Alternative Public Sphere Citizen Participation Protest in National Politics #thisflag Zimbabwe |
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