Willems, Wendy (2016) Social media, platform power and (mis)information in Zambia’s recent elections. Africa at LSE Blog (30 Aug 2016) Blog.
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Abstract
Open-source, purpose-built digital platforms such as Ushahidi and Uchaguzi have been used to monitor a number of African elections. However, with the growing power of corporate social media platforms on the continent, Facebook and Twitter are emerging as important sources of information on election-related incidents. Based on her recent fieldwork, LSE’s Wendy Willems examines the challenges of the intensive circulation of information during the recent Zambian elections held on August 11.
| Item Type: | Website (Blog) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) T Technology > T Technology (General) |
| Sets: | Departments > Media and Communications |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2016 09:59 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/67630/ |
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