Media, Ethnicity, and Electoral Conflicts in Kenya

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

By Jacinta Mwende Maweu

Product details

• Authors: Jacinta Mwende Maweu
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781793612359
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-235-9
• No. of pages: 128
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, Kenya, Political structure & processes, Political structure and processes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies