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This book serves as a standard textbook and a reference guide to students in both undergraduate and graduate programs in tertiary institutions where elaborate discourse on the impact of technology to political elections and advancements across the continental Africa have continued to gain weight.
List of contents
FOREWORD
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
INTRODUCTION
A GLIMPSE AT TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION AND
TRANSFORMATION OF ELECTIONS AND THE ELECTORAL
PROCESS IN AFRICA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor/Bowie State University
CHAPTER 1
RESISTANCE TO ELECTION TECHNOLOGY: COMMUNICATION,
DEMOCRACY AND VICISSITUDES OF ELECTORAL OUTCOMES
Chuka Onwumechili/Howard University
CHAPTER 2
TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF
ELECTION IN AFRICA: AN EVOLVING MODALITY IN GHANA
Matilda Yeboah-Fofie/G. Manu & Associates, Virginia
CHAPTER 3
E-VOTING: A NEW MODEL OF DEMOCRACY IN GHANA
Kristie Roberts-Lewis/Troy University
Stashia Bryant Emanuel/Tennessee State University
Orok Michael/Virginia Union University
CHAPTER 4
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION: USING INTERNET RADIO
TO TRANSFORM ELECTIONS' OUTCOMES AND BUILD
INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION AMONG DIVERSE AFRICAN
COMMUNITIES
Otis Thomas/Bowie State University
Ephraim Okoro/Howard University
CHAPTER 5
SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS IN BURKINA FASO
Kehbuma Langmia/HowardUniversity
CHAPTER 6
TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN ELECTIONS: THE NIGERIAN
TRANSFORMATION EXPERIENCE
Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor/Bowie State University
CHAPTER 7
AN EVALUATORY DISCOURSE ON THE ROLE OF ICT IN THE
CONDUCT OF THE NIGERIAN 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS
Tayo Popoola & Oloruntola Sunday
University of Lagos Akoka - Yaba
CHAPTER 8
TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTION COVERAGE: A STUDY ON SELECTED
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA
Tayo Popoola/University of Lagos, Nigeria
CHAPTER 9
TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTIONS: A LOOK AT ELECTORAL
INTEGRITY, RESULTS AND MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA
Chike Patrick Chike/Bowie State University
CHAPTER 10
THE HISTORY OF ELECTION AND THE INTEGRATION OF
TECHNOLOGY IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS: A REVIEW OF
UGANDA'S 2016 ELECTION OUTCOME
Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor/Bowie State University
CHAPTER 11
INTEGRATION OF ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM IN AN
ELECTRONIC PROCESS: TYPES, PROCEDURES, BENEFITS
AND CHALLENGES
Ayoade Olusola Bamidele/Emmanuel Alayande
College of Education, Oyo
CHAPTER 12
IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT ON ELECTION,
POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA
Joseph Izang Azi/Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Siyanbola, Afeez Babatunde/Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo
Ganiyu, Sulayman Olubunmi/Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo...
CHAPTER 13
THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN ELECTORAL
PROCESS: A REVIEW OF CORRUPT PRACTICES IN ELECTIONS
IN AFRICA
Loubna Dali/Bowie State University
CHAPTER 14
DEMOCRACY, TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN ELECTIONS,
AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF POLITICS IN NIGERIA
Benjamin Arah/Bowie State University
CHAPTER 15
TRANSFORMATION OF ELECTIONS IN AFRICA: CONTENT
ANALYSIS OF ELECTION MISCONDUCT IN SELECTED
AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor/Bowie State University
CHAPTER 16
TECHNOLOGY AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS
IN CAMEROON
Augustin Ntembe/Bowie State University
CHAPTER 17
TRANSFORMATION OF ELECTIONS IN GREAT MAGHREB:
A LESSON LEARNT FROMTECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION
Loubna Dali/Bowie State University
Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor
CHAPTER 18
ELECTRONIC VOTING CAPABILITY AND OPERATIONS IN
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Ephraim Okoro/Howard University
INDEX
CONTRIBUTORS
THE AUTHOR/EDITOR
About the author
Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor is a professor of mass communication at Bowie State University where he currently serves as dean of the graduate school. He has also previously served as an assistant provost for graduate studies at Bowie State University and serves as the president elect of the council of historically black graduate schools (CHBGS) in the United States of America.
Summary
This book serves as a standard textbook and a reference guide to students in both undergraduate and graduate programs in tertiary institutions where elaborate discourse on the impact of technology to political elections and advancements across the continental Africa have continued to gain weight.
