The Hashtag Revolution: Examining the Role of Cultural Netizenship in Promoting Political Change in Sub-Saharan Africa

标签革命：审视文化网民在促进撒哈拉以南非洲政治变革中的作用

• 批准号: 2888408
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Queen Mary University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2888408
• 关键词: Hashtag; Revolution; Examining; Role; Cultural

In recent years, the proliferation of social media platformsand the widespread adoption of smartphones haveprovided a new avenue for political activism in sub-SaharanAfrica. The hashtag has emerged as a particularly powerfultool, allowing marginalized voices to be amplified andmobilizing collective action. However, the relationshipbetween cultural netizenship and political change in thiscontext is complex and not well understood. This proposalseeks to address this gap in the literature by examining therole of cultural netizenship in promoting political change insub-Saharan Africa.To address this research question, the proposed study willemploy a mixed-methods approach, including bothqualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis,with a case study analysis of three specific hashtags thathave been associated with political change in sub-SaharanAfrica: #EndSARS in Nigeria, #SilentProtest in South Africa,and #ThisFlag in Zimbabwe.Overall, this proposal seeks to contribute to a betterunderstanding of the role of cultural netizenship inpromoting political change in sub-Saharan Africa, and toprovide valuable insights for those working in the fields ofcommunication, sociology, and political science.

近年来，社交媒体平台的扩散和智能手机的广泛采用为萨哈拉纳非纳非纳法利亚（Subsaharanafrica）提供了新的政治行动途径。该主题标签已成为一个特别强大的工具，可以放大边缘化的声音，并使集体行动更加动作。但是，这种文化网络的关系与政治变化之间的关系是复杂的，却不那么理解。这项建议通过研究促进政治变革的文化网络化的质量来解决文献中的这一差距。为了解决这一研究问题，拟议的研究将采用混合方法的方法，包括Qualitival-qualitative数据收集和定量数据收集和分析，以及对三个特定主题标签的案例研究分析，该主题标签与萨哈拉纳法利亚的政治变化有关：尼日利亚的#endsars，南非的#SilentProtest，以及Zimbabwe.overall的#Thisflag，该提议旨在为更好地理解其作用，以实现更好的影响。撒哈拉以南非洲地区的政治变革的文化网约为在公共，社会学和政治学领域工作的人们提供了宝贵的见解。