Consumed by numbers
The "follow-back" economy of Nigerian Twitter represents a struggle for recognition in a vastly unequal and status-obsessed society.
The "follow-back" economy of Nigerian Twitter represents a struggle for recognition in a vastly unequal and status-obsessed society.
Whether or not Twitter survives should be irrelevant to those committed to building a democratic public sphere.
What if the social media conditions of 2021 existed in 1981? A group of New Zealand writers tweeted the damned 1981 Springbok rugby tour as if it was happening now.
Anyone who cares about civil society, free speech, and human rights should find the state’s digital silencing of its citizens deeply troubling.
During the COVID-19 pandemic many people who work online were able to set up shop in lands far away from their pre-pandemic homes. But, for whom is the digital nomad lifestyle?
Or, why the West thinks that colonialism was not all bad.
“Twitter is going to change Kenya!” I declared in my presentation. We’d just set up a
"... I do not tweet, blog or whatever goes on in this increasingly promiscuous medium"
The problem with so many Twitter crowd members is they live in their comfort zone and are not about to lift a finger to get out of there.
It marks the first time that videos went truly viral in a country in which only about 5% of the population has access to the internet.
By far the best place to follow Malawian news and politics is social media app, Twitter. It can be relied upon to be the very first place where Malawi’s breaking news gets to the rest of us.
The limitations of working in the online space, given the small percentages of people with online access (despite the expansion of mobile technology).
We have a new @Africasacountry Twitter account. Follow us there and on Facebook too.
It’s that time of year again. The students in my required Media and Culture course at
Late last month the English goalkeeper David James wrote in The Observer that he was surprised
A mix of factors - language, regional, sexism, an opposition that has been co-opted by the ruling party and repression - prevents real, meaningful change in Cameroon.
Last December I met the impressive Omoyele Sowore, founder of Nigerian online news site, Sahara Reporters.
The World Cup is 3 days away. So everybody is writing, blogging, speaking, filming and broadcasting