Sites of Protest: Alternative Online News Sites in Zimbabwe
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
New media has become a site for alternative and activist voices on many issues in society. It is on this platform that most of these voices vent their political opinions without fear as opposed to mainstream media. In mainstream media in Zimbabwe, stringent media laws apply and self-censorship is exercised for fear of incarceration. The decade ensuing 2000 has witnessed much political upheaval in Zimbabwe and the internet has become a site to air diverse political views. This paper seeks to investigate the nature of online news sites to uncover the dynamics behind these sites. The paper argues that the very nature of these online news sites denote views and opinions of alternative voices that seem to have found a space in which to air their political views about the Zimbabwean situation. The study will employ mainly textual analysis to gather data.
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Elizabeth Farisai Hove
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