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dc.contributor.authorSelnes, Florence Namasinga
dc.contributor.authorOrgeret, Kristin
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-11T11:18:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-12T11:21:17Z
dc.date.available2020-08-11T11:18:30Z
dc.date.available2020-10-12T11:21:17Z
dc.date.issued2020-02-15
dc.identifier.citationSelnes, Orgeret K: Women and Election Activism in Uganda: The Pads4Girls Social Media Campaign. In: Ndlela MN, Mano W. Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 2, 2020. Palgrave Macmillan p. 31-58en
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-030-32681-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/9011
dc.description.abstractThis chapter draws on experiences from Uganda to interrogate social media’s potential to facilitate women’s participation in electoral processes. Through taking the Pads4Girls campaign in the aftermath of the Ugandan 2016 election as a case, the chapter examines how social media can contribute to political change and electoral democracy. Social media’s potential in public communication has been demonstrated during elections globally and in heightened political situations in Uganda. Some of the most vibrant debates in Uganda were on Facebook and Twitter during the 2011 and 2016 elections and their aftermath. The data were collected through analysis of Facebook content about the Pads4girls campaign and interviewing. The chapter builds on debates about media and gender and argues that social media facilitate conversation on electoral matters but their role depends on the context within which they are applied. The Pads4Girls campaign ended with the imprisonment of its architect over cyber harassment.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.relation.ispartofSocial Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 2 - Challenges and Opportunities
dc.rightsThis is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of a book chapter published in Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 2 - Challenges and Opportunities (ISBN: 978-3-030-32681-4). The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32682-1_3en
dc.subjectPads4girlsen
dc.subjectFacebooken
dc.subjectElection campaigningen
dc.subjectUgandaen
dc.subjectSanitary padsen
dc.subjectGendersen
dc.subjectNyanzi, Stellaen
dc.titleWomen and Election Activism in Uganda: The Pads4Girls Social Media Campaignen
dc.typeChapteren
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.date.updated2020-08-11T11:18:30Z
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32682-1_3
dc.identifier.cristin1799300
dc.source.isbn978-3-030-32681-4


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