Mobile telephony and democracy in Ghana: Interrogating the changing ecology of citizen engagement and political communication

Tettey, Wisdom J.

doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2017.05.012

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“…Besides, many literature reviews did not take "citizen engagement" into consideration. However, we find that the literature with retrievable field containing "citizen engagement", not including keywords such as "e-government", "e-participation" and "e-democracy," is still related to the online deliberation between government and citizens (Medaglia and Zhu, 2017;Tettey, 2017;Ertiö and Bhagwatwar, 2017). Therefore, to ensure the authority of retrieved literatures and high recall ratio of the search query as much as possible, the following retrieval type (Table I) is adopted.…”

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A scientometric analysis of e-participation research

Wang

et al. 2018

IJCS

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Purpose-Due to the increasing demand for public services, as a new form of public governance, e-participation has emerged. Scholars from various disciplines have published plenty of research results on e-participation. This paper aims to reveal the research status frontiers directly by mapping knowledge domains. Design/methodology/approach-The authors take 1,322 articles on e-participation published in Web of Science from 2001 to 2017 as research object. They then run the information visualization software CiteSpace to drill deeper into the literature data. Findings-The study found that e-participation research has the obvious interdisciplinary feature; the author and institution cooperation networks with less internal cooperation are relatively sparse; the USA ranks first in the field of e-participation research, followed by the UK, with the other countries lagged behind; and e-participation through social media is gradually becoming the new research focus. Originality/value-Based on the objective data and information visualization technology, the research intuitively reveals the research status and development trend of e-participation.

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A scientometric analysis of e-participation research

Wang

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IJCS

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“…Networked radio refers to the hybrid media space that is the convergence of radio and social media practices (Avle 2015;2016). Through a mix of phone call-ins, text messaging, and social media posts, radio stations and their listeners banter, discuss social and economic issues, and experience radio as a shared space of interaction, both synchronously and asynchronously (Avle 2015;2016;Coker 2012;Srinivasan and Diepeveen 2018;Tettey 2017).…”

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“…Most Ghanaians obtain their news from radio and television (Afrobarometer 2018) and the media have become a primary mechanism through which citizens experience and engage democratic activity in the country. However, there are concerns about whose voice is able to trigger such accountability through the media (Selormey 2013;Tettey 2017). The public officials, researchers, experts, and social commentators who appear on-air may not be representative of general public sentiment, even if they can operate "as agents or representatives of the broader citizenry" (Page and Tannebaum 1996, 33).…”

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“…The public officials, researchers, experts, and social commentators who appear on-air may not be representative of general public sentiment, even if they can operate "as agents or representatives of the broader citizenry" (Page and Tannebaum 1996, 33). The increased access to internet and digital tools in the past decade in Ghana (Tettey 2017) that underpins networked radio provides additional opportunities for media participation while providing an opportunity to observe if new patterns of wrestling accountability emerge. This paper thus focuses on the relationship between networked radio, media participation, and accountability.…”

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In Between Hogging and Passing the Mic; Or, the Unintended Consequences of Networked Radio in Ghana

Nikoi

Avle

2022

Bandung

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This paper explores the relationship between networked radio, media participation, and accountability in Ghana. Specifically, we examine how networked radio, the hybrid media space that is the convergence of radio and social media practices, works as a means of democratic accountability through citizen participation in media. We do this through an analysis of how two English-speaking radio stations in Ghana act as intermediaries between citizens and the state, underscoring how the networked elements of radio production facilitate public discourse and make the state less opaque to citizens. We show that while networked radio does provide multiple opportunities for media participation, this participation is relatively passive for the majority of listeners, in part because producers face increased interactivity in-studio and must employ gate-keeping tactics to fit the constraints of airtime. This trade-off inadvertently privileges elite voices over others, even if the radio stations work to diversify the voices heard on air. Still, networked radio provides a limited but necessary alternative to exacting accountability from public officials as those very dynamics of participation elicit the state’s responsiveness more regularly than the formal routes established for those purposes. Accordingly, we characterize Ghanaian networked radio as caught between ‘hogging the mic’ for an elite group of listeners and ‘passing the mic’ between them, the state, and the broader citizenry that constitute the listening public.

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“…Tettey proved that Ghana had witnessed a rich convergence between cell phones and broadcast media with an open political environment. This convergence has significantly changed the ecology of political communication in Ghana (Tettey, 2017). Council communication networks can send information about the benefits of associations to specific groups.…”

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Analysis of patron-client political communication in building a network of political power in the village community

Suyono¹,

Nugroho²,

Windyastuti³

2021

Indonesian Journal of Communications Studies

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This study aimed to explore political communication in the building of political power networks in Jenggrik Village, Kedunggalar District, Ngawi Regency during the village head elections (village head election) from 1998 to 2019 from patron-client relations perspective. Political communication occurs through village elites and village community leaders. Political communication happens between the village head and his community members. This study was a descriptive study using a qualitative research method. This study sought to understand the processes and facts about political communication that shapes community loyalty and the leaders in Jenggrik Village, Kedunggalar District who have economic and non-economic power. The findings and conclusions of this study supported Max Weber's notion on Charismatic Leadership as well as Sartono Kartodirjo’s research which stated that the loyalty of village communities (clients) is formed because of village heads (patrons) for material (economic) and non-material (non-economic) reasons, such as authority and charisma of the leader; distribution of benefits from individuals or groups in exchange for political support; the loyalty of village communities, according to Jonathan Hopkins; also material factors such as financial aid, village physical infrastructure development assistance, or other economic assistance, according to James C. Scott and Ahimsa.

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Mobile telephony and democracy in Ghana: Interrogating the changing ecology of citizen engagement and political communication

Cited by 12 publications

References 37 publications

A scientometric analysis of e-participation research

A scientometric analysis of e-participation research

In Between Hogging and Passing the Mic; Or, the Unintended Consequences of Networked Radio in Ghana

Analysis of patron-client political communication in building a network of political power in the village community

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