[fome] Open Access: Digital Disinformation in Africa

[Christoph Dietz]

Digital Disinformation in Africa: Hashtag Politics, Power and Propaganda. Edited by Tony Roberts and George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane. London: Zed Books 2024, 256 pp.

Download: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350319240

"In an era when hashtag campaigns like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter capture global attention for victims of injustice, politicians and corporations are now spending billions employing Cambridge Analytica-type consultancies to manufacture disinformation - employing trolls, cyborgs and bots to disrupt dialogue and drown-out dissent. In the first study of its kind, this open-access book presents a range of case studies of these emerging dynamics across Africa, mapping and analyzing disinformation operations in ten different countries, and using innovative techniques to determine who is producing and coordinating these increasingly sophisticated disinformation machines. Drawing on scholars from across the continent, case studies document the actors and mechanisms used to profile citizens, manipulate beliefs and behaviour, and close the political space for democratic dialogue and policy debate. Chapters include examinations of how the Nigerian government deployed disinformation when the #EndSARS campaign focused attention on police brutality and corruption; insights into how pro-government actors responded to the viral #ZimbabweanLivesMatter campaign; and how misogynists mobilized against the #AmINext campaign against gender-based violence in South Africa." (Publisher description)

CONTENTS

1 Digital disinformation in Africa: A critical approach / Tony Roberts and George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane, 1
2 Digital gendered disinformation and women's civic participation in Africa / Nkem Agunwa, 25
3 Disinformation on a shoestring: Examining the anatomy and strategies of the pro-state network in the Zimbabwean Twitterverse / George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane, 41
4 Disinformation, social media networks and terrorism in Mozambique: Narratives, strategies and practices / Dércio Tsandzana, 59
5 On selfies and hashtags: Disinformation during armed conflict in Ethiopia / Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew and Atnafu Brhane Ayalew, 79
6 (Re)writing history: Discursive practices of Gukurahundi disinformation on Twitter / Rutendo Chabikwa, 99
7 Are claims of Russian disinformation in Africa founded? Elections in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Seyoung Jeon, 125
8 Digital disinformation in Cameroon's 2018 presidential election / Simone Toussi, 153
9 Disinformation in Uganda's 2021 elections / Juliet N. Nanfuka, 173
10 Online disinformation and 'meme-fication' in Angola's 2022 election / Edmilson Angelo, 193
11 'Anyone can be a mercenary': Disinformation and Kenyan news media in the 2022 general election / Wambui Wamunyu, 215

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Dr. Christoph Dietz
Catholic Media Council (CAMECO)
Anton-Kurze-Allee 2
52064 Aachen, Germany
Tel. 0241-70131214

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