Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa : : A Mediated Analysis /

Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa : : A Mediated Analysis / / ed. by Massimo Ragnedda, Bruce Mutsvairo.

Despite issues associated with the digital divide, mobile telephony is growing on the continent and the rise of smartphones has given citizens easy access to social networking sites. But the digital divide, which mostly reflects on one's race, gender, socioeconomic status or geographical locati...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
MitwirkendeR:
Anyanwu, Chika,
Brouwer, Sara,
Buthelezi, Mbalenhle,
Chitanana, Tenford,
Dalvit, Lorenzo,
Jjuuko, Margaret,
Karam, Beschara,
Musa, Muhammed,
Mutsvairo, Bruce,
Ncube, Lyton,
Njuguna, Joseph,
Oyedemi, Toks,
Ragnedda, Massimo,
Sam, Steven,
HerausgeberIn:
Mutsvairo, Bruce,
Ragnedda, Massimo,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (278 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Section I. Foundations and Theory
  • 1. Comprehending the Digital Disparities in Africa
  • 2. Conceptualising the digital divide
  • 3. From Global to Local, Metropolitan to Village. A Case for a Definitional and Context-Oriented Approach to Examining the 'Digital Divide'
  • 4. Technology and the Democratic Space in Africa. A Re-Examination of the Notion of 'Digital Divide'
  • Section II. Social Inclusion and Digital Exclusion
  • 5. The Partially Digital: Internet and South African Youth
  • 6. Online Football Fandom as a Microcosm of the Digital Participation Divide in Zimbabwe
  • 7. The Discourse of Digital Inclusion of Women in Rwanda's Media. A Thematic Analysis of Imvaho Nshya and The New Times Newspapers
  • Section III. Cultural, Social, and Economic Paradigms
  • 8. The Digital Divide and Film
  • 9. Digital Divide or Information Divide. Interrogating Telecommunication Penetration Measurements in Communal African Societies
  • 10. Exploring How Mobile Phones Mediate Bonding, Bridging and Linking Social Capital in a South African Rural Area
  • 11. Bridging the Digital Gap in Sub-Saharan Africa. A Critical Analysis of Illiteracy and Language Divide
  • 12. Kenya's 'Mobile Agriculture' Discourse. Unpacking Notions of Technology, Modernisation, and Development
  • Index

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