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 …