Image by da-kuk/Getty Images April 18, 2022 As COVID hit Kenya and South Africa, race and class fears were amplified on Twitter Job Mwaura, University of Cape Town and Ufuoma Akpojivi, University of the Witwatersrand Online rage towards white communities and privileged classes can be read as fatigue with the postcolonial state.
“shadowy groups” are using coordinated and elaborate tactics to spread disinformation on social media. Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock October 6, 2021 Social media are being hijacked to subtly suppress opposing voices. Insights from Kenya George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire Some states are adopting subtle and sophisticated ways of controlling or shaping political agendas and discussion.
New media is setting the tone in Kenya. Reuters/Siegfried Modola December 14, 2017 Kenya’s 2017 elections: how new media stole the mainstream’s thunder George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire Across Africa, mainstream media have traditionally been the unrivalled custodians and originators of the public agenda. But this year social media took over as a new regime of information.