Jacinta Mwende Maweu

Media, Ethnicity, and Electoral Conflicts in Kenya

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Media, Ethnicity, and Electoral Conflicts in Kenya examines the interplay between the media, ethnicity, and electoral conflicts in Kenya. The author argues that politicians in Kenya and other deeply divided societies in Africa use mainstream and digital media to weaponize ethnicity as they invoke issues of belonging, inclusion, and exclusion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781793612359
• ISBN-10: 1793612358
• Artikelnr.: 62124304

Autorenporträt

By Jacinta Mwende Maweu

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One: Media and Elections
Chapter Two: The Political Economy of the Media and Elections in Kenya
Chapter Three: A Historical Analysis of Electoral Conflicts in Kenya
Chapter Four: Ethnicity and Electoral Conflicts in Kenya
Chapter Five: The Media, Ethnicity, and Politics in Kenya
Chapter Six: Social Media as Amplifiers of Electoral Conflicts in Kenya
Chapter Seven: Which Way Forward? Building Bridges through the Media to
Promote Dialogue, Healing, and Reconciliation
Conclusion