Tweeting to Democracy: A new anti-authoritarian liberation struggle in Zimbabwe

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Autor(a) principal: Dendere,Chipo
Data de Publicação: 2019
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
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Resumo: Abstract What does it take for a citizen movement to topple a deep-rooted authoritarian regime? This paper analyses the successes and failures of citizen-led social media campaigns in Zimbabwe. Using data drawn from an extensive ethnographic study of 50 WhatsApp and Facebook communities, this paper studies the conditions under which citizen activism, particularly those movements that originate on social media, become street protests that can effectively unseat an illegitimate regime. I find that the success of recent movements - evidenced by policy changes and increased citizen participation - is in part because of the rise of a youth citizenry that does not feel indebted to the liberation struggle. Zimbabwean born frees are more willing to take political risks by speaking candidly about politics online and mobilizing their peers.
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title Tweeting to Democracy: A new anti-authoritarian liberation struggle in Zimbabwe
spellingShingle Tweeting to Democracy: A new anti-authoritarian liberation struggle in Zimbabwe
Dendere,Chipo
social media
citizen protests
engagement
online politics
Zimbabwe
authoritarian regime
title_short Tweeting to Democracy: A new anti-authoritarian liberation struggle in Zimbabwe
title_full Tweeting to Democracy: A new anti-authoritarian liberation struggle in Zimbabwe
title_fullStr Tweeting to Democracy: A new anti-authoritarian liberation struggle in Zimbabwe
title_full_unstemmed Tweeting to Democracy: A new anti-authoritarian liberation struggle in Zimbabwe
title_sort Tweeting to Democracy: A new anti-authoritarian liberation struggle in Zimbabwe
author Dendere,Chipo
author_facet Dendere,Chipo
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Dendere,Chipo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv social media
citizen protests
engagement
online politics
Zimbabwe
authoritarian regime
topic social media
citizen protests
engagement
online politics
Zimbabwe
authoritarian regime
description Abstract What does it take for a citizen movement to topple a deep-rooted authoritarian regime? This paper analyses the successes and failures of citizen-led social media campaigns in Zimbabwe. Using data drawn from an extensive ethnographic study of 50 WhatsApp and Facebook communities, this paper studies the conditions under which citizen activism, particularly those movements that originate on social media, become street protests that can effectively unseat an illegitimate regime. I find that the success of recent movements - evidenced by policy changes and increased citizen participation - is in part because of the rise of a youth citizenry that does not feel indebted to the liberation struggle. Zimbabwean born frees are more willing to take political risks by speaking candidly about politics online and mobilizing their peers.
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