Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : new media and democracy in Africa : a critical interjection / Fackson Banda, Okoth Fred Mudhai, and Wisdom J. Tettey -- Implications for Africa of e-gov challenges for giants South Africa and Nigeria / Okoth Fred Mudhai -- "Misclick" on democracy : new media use by key political parties in Kenya's disputed December 2007 presidential election / George Nyabuga and Okoth Fred Mudhai -- Repression, propaganda, and digital resistance : new media and democracy in Zimbabwe / Last Moyo -- Democractic process, civic consciousness, and the Internet in francophone Africa / Marie-Soleil Frère and Alain Kiyindou -- Use of the Internet by NGOs to promote government accountability : the case of Egypt / Khayrat Ayyad -- ICTization beyond urban male elites : issues of gender equality and empowerment / Kutoma J. Wakunuma-Zojer and Patricia K. Litho -- ICTs, youths, and the politics of participation in rural Uganda / Carol Azungi Dralega -- Transnationalism, the African diaspora, and the deterritorialized politics of the Internet / Wisdom J. Tettey -- Globalization from below? ICTs and democratic development in the project "Indymedia Africa" / Fabian Frenzel and Sian Sullivan -- New public spheres : The digital age and big brother / Keyan G. Tomaselli and Ruth E. Teer-Tomaselli -- Popular music, new media, and the digital public sphere in Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, and Nigeria / George Ogola, Anne Schumann, and Michael Olutayo Olatunji -- News media use of ICTs amidst war, violence, and political turmoil in the Central African Great Lakes / Marie-Soleil Frère -- Conflict coverage in a digital age : challenges for African media / Rune Ottosen and Okoth Fred Mudhai.