Media and cyber-democracy in Africa: an introduction

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The paper provides a sketch of the discourse of media and ‘cyber-democracy’ in and out of Africa. Firstly, it discusses the characteristic features of new media technology. Secondly, it attempts a ‘theorising’ of cyber-democracy, within the context of general democratic theory. Thirdly, it sets out a vision of cyber-democracy for Africa. In delineating this vision, it highlights six features characteristic of the democratic potential of new media technology and gives examples of how Africa has appropriated them. Finally, it outlines a ‘new media’ research agenda for Africa.

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1. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/460/1/media_%26_cyberdemocracy.pdf
2. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/460/2/Media_and_cyberdemocracy.doc
3. Banda, Fackson (2006) Media and cyber-democracy in Africa: an introduction. In: 1st Academic Seminar of the Sabmiller Chair of Media & Democracy, 9 September 2006, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Unpublished)

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:Rhodes/oai:eprints.ru.ac.za:460
Date	09 September 2006
Creators	Banda, Fackson
Source Sets	Rhodes University SA
Detected Language	English
Type	Conference or Workshop Item, NonPeerReviewed
Format	application/pdf, other
Relation	http://eprints.ru.ac.za/460/