This book examines the claims that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are catalysts of democratic change in Africa. It takes optimist, pragmatist-realist and pessimist stances on various political actors and institutions, from government units and political parties to civil society organizations and minority groups.

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Okoth Fred Mudhai is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Global Media and Communication in the Media Department of Coventry University.

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List of Figures List of Tables Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction: New Media and Democracy in Africa - A Critical Interjection; F.Banda , W.Tettey & O.F.Mudhai Implications for Africa of E-Gov Challenges for Giants South Africa and Nigeria; O.F.Mudhai 'Misclick' on Democracy: New Media Use by Key Political Parties in Kenya's Disputed December 2007 Presidential Election; G.Nyabuga & O.F.Mudhai Repression, Propaganda and Digital Resistance: New Media and Democracy in Zimbabwe; L.Moyo Democractic Process, Civic Consciousness and the Internet in Francophone Africa; M.Frere & A.Kiyindou Use of the Internet by NGOs to Promote Government Accountability: The Case of Egypt; K.Ayyad ICTization Beyond Urban Male Elites: Issues of Gender Equality and Empowerment; K.J.Wakunuma-Zojer & P.K.Litho ICTs, Youths and the Politics of Participation in Rural Uganda; C.A.Dralega Transnationalism, the African Diaspora and the Deterritorialized Politics of the Internet; W.Tettey Globalization from Below? ICTs and Democratic Development in the Project 'Indymedia Africa'; F.Frenzel & S.Sullivan New Public Spheres: The Digital Age and Big Brother; K.G.Tomaselli & R.E.Teer-Tomaselli Popular Music, New Media and the Digital Public Sphere in Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria; G.Ogola , A.Schumann & M.Olatunji News Media Use of ICTs amidst War, Violence and Political Turmoil in the Central African Great Lakes; M.Frere Conflict Coverage in a Digital Age: Challenges for African Media; R.Ottosen & O.F.Mudhai