What is it about?
It unpacks how social media platforms such as YouTube play a critical role in subverting authoritarianism in media operations by way of speaking back to power in Zimbabwe.
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Why is it important?
It exposes the heinous media laws that stifle freedom of expression. It also lays bare other alternative platforms to expose undemocratic practices in an authoritarian society
Perspectives
This article adds theoretical and methodological dimensions in studying social media.
Dr Gift Gwindingwe
Great Zimbabwe University
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This page is a summary of: YouTube vlogging and dissidence in Zimbabwe: Opportunities from authoritarian media policies, Journal of Alternative & Community Media, November 2022, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/jacm_00112_1.
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