Social Media and Elections in Uganda: The Case of Bobi Wine and the Arua Primary Elections

Muzee, Hannah; Enaifoghe, Andrew

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-30553-6_10

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“…Similar to other countries, citizens in Uganda use SM platforms for political activism (Kasadha, 2020; Muzee & Enaifoghe, 2020) and community mobilization (Kasadha, 2018). Although SM platforms have been accused of promoting political polarizations in the United States (Bennett & Iyengar, 2008) and destabilizing political situation in Egypt, Tunisia, and Sudan (Aday et al, 2012; Bior, 2019; Tufekci & Wilson, 2012), they also have been used to reinvigorate youth participation in Australia and New Zealand (Macnamara et al, 2012).…”

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Digitizing Community Building and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Communities: A Case of #Let’sTalkUganda in Northern Uganda

Kasadha

2020

Social Media + Society

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This research examines the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs; social media) as a tool that fosters community building and reconciliation in post-conflict regions, in particular Northern Uganda. Using Twitter data collected over 27 months (12 June 2016–9 September 2018), we found that information technology (IT) increased social actors’ (Justice and Reconciliation Project [JRP]-Uganda) advocacy for transitional justice in post-conflict communities. Interview findings evidenced the effectiveness of using social media (SM) to connect post-conflict communities to share and discuss reconciliatory ideas. This study connotes that well-thought-out SM use by social actors to share information used in resolving conflict results in socio-political stability and harmonious coexistence.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Digitizing Community Building and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Communities: A Case of #Let’sTalkUganda in Northern Uganda

Kasadha

2020

Social Media + Society

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“…In the context of Uganda's 2021 general elections, Facebook played a crucial role in informing and educating the public on electoral processes (Muzee & Enaifoghe, 2020). The ban on public campaigns due to COVID-19 restrictions led to increased reliance on social media platforms like Facebook for political communication (Isilow, 2020).…”

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Youth Aggressive Communication Behaviour During Elections in Uganda

Prudence,

John Baptist

2023

J. dev. educ. technol.

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This study aimed at understanding the aggressive communication behavior of youth on Facebook during elections. The study traced the evolution of communication behavior from public spaces to the rise of mass media and the internet, particularly focusing on Facebook's increasing influence as a political space, to its manifestation in Uganda’s electoral process. Guided by the Communication Affordance Theory and Wolfsfeld's Political Contest Model, the study sought to understand how Facebook's affordances shaped youth engagement in electoral activities. The study followed a cross-sectional design to address the heterogeneity of the respondents in the fields of politics and social endeavors and employed a mixed method approach. Results show that during Uganda's 2021 presidential elections, there was a significant prevalence of aggressive communication behavior among the youth on Facebook. Cyberbullying, intimidation, and criticism were commonly observed. Recommendations were made to promote youth political engagement, discourage violent behavior, and provide opportunities for youth participation in governance. Aggressive communication was defined as a style where individuals violated the rights of others through verbal and non-verbal means.

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Generational populism and the political rise of Robert Kyagulanyi – aka Bobi Wine – in Uganda

Melchiorre

2023

Review of African Political Economy

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This article analyses the political rise of the Ugandan opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, arguing that he has a deployed a novel type of generational populism – a mobilising political discourse which frames the struggle between ‘the people’ and ‘the elite’ in generational terms, defining the former in relation to their status as youth, and in antagonistic opposition to an elite, which is depicted as defending a gerontocratic political order. At a theoretical level, the article broadens political science’s conception of populism, by introducing a new subtype of the political phenomenon which demonstrates the importance of intergenerational dynamics in the construction of the discursive categories of ‘the people’ and ‘the elite’. While it argues that Kyagulanyi’s success demonstrates the potential of populism in African countries to electorally challenge incumbent regimes, by helping to build political coalitions across ethno-regional lines, incorporating previously excluded social groups into the political process, it concludes by stressing that Kyagulanyi’s political project has failed to offer any real ideological alternative to the neoliberal orthodoxy that has characterised President Museveni’s Uganda over the last four decades.

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Social Media and Elections in Uganda: The Case of Bobi Wine and the Arua Primary Elections

Cited by 4 publications

References 22 publications

Digitizing Community Building and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Communities: A Case of #Let’sTalkUganda in Northern Uganda

Digitizing Community Building and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Communities: A Case of #Let’sTalkUganda in Northern Uganda

Youth Aggressive Communication Behaviour During Elections in Uganda

Generational populism and the political rise of Robert Kyagulanyi – aka Bobi Wine – in Uganda

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