Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 1: Theoretical Perspectives and Election Campaigns

1. Introduction: The role of social media in electoral democracies.- Martin Ndlela & Winston Mano. 2. Directions of Political Communication in Africa: Searching for an African Model.- Thomas Chukwuma Ijere. 3. Elections in the Age of Automated Communications.- Martin Ndlela. 4. Is social media the bane of African electoral processes? The use and abuse of Facebook during intra-party election campaigns in Ghana.- Akwasi Bosompem Boateng, Danal Patrick McCracken & Musara Lubombo. 5. Social media, participation and electoral democracy in Ghana.- Wilberforce Dzisah. 6. This election will be Tweeted: Zimbabwe's Election Twitter Discourses.- Allen Munoroyarwa and Collin Chambwera. 7. Social media and the 2018 elections in post Mugabe Zimbabwe's 2018 elections.- Trust Matsilele & Admire Mare. 8. Why Social Media Activisim is not Enough: Analysis of Facebook, Youtube and Twitter Use in the 2018 Presidential Elections in Cameroon.- Kingsley L. Ngange. 9. Political participation, engagement and democracy: A case of BOLESWA.- Carolyne M. Lunga & Maxwell V. Mthembu. 10. The new battleground: Social media and political mobilization in Nigeria's electoral democracy.- Barikui Naane. 11. Arua Election and the Bobi Wine Social Media Trailblaze: Citizenry Political Debates and Deliberative Democracy in Uganda.- Muzee Hannah & Joyce. B. Mbongo Endeley. 12. Understanding the Implications of Social Media Usage in the Electoral Processes and Campaigns in Nigeria.- Oberiri Destiny Apuke.