Hybrid media system and the July 2018 elections in “post-Mugabe” Zimbabwe

A Mare, T Matsilele - Social media and elections in Africa, Volume 1 …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter investigates how, why and for what purposes political actors and citizens in
Zimbabwe used traditional and digital media, especially Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter,
before, during and after the 30 July 2018 elections. Relying on a combination of virtual
ethnography and in-depth interviews, this chapter provides new evidence of the
sophisticated appropriation of the hybrid media system in a context where over 60 percent of
the electorate was made up of youthful voters. Building on Mare's (2018) previous research …

Hybrid media system and the July 2018 elections in post-Mugabe Zimbabwe

T Matsilele, A Mare - Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 1 …, 2020 - pure.uj.ac.za
This chapter investigates how, why and for what purposes political actors and citizens in
Zimbabwe used traditional and digital media, especially Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter,
before, during and after the 30 July 2018 elections. Relying on a combination of virtual
ethnography and in-depth interviews, this chapter provides new evidence of the
sophisticated appropriation of the hybrid media system in a context where over 60 percent of
the electorate was made up of youthful voters. Building on Mare's (2018) previous research …
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