Twitter and student leadership in South Africa: the case of #FeesMustFall
SOURCE: Power Shift?: political leadership and social media
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): T.Bosch, T.M.Luescher, N.Makhubu
SOURCE EDITOR(S): D.Taras, R.Davis
KEYWORDS: #FEESMUSTFALL, LEADERSHIP, SOCIAL MEDIA, STUDENT UNREST, TWITTER, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11218
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15175
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15175
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): T.Bosch, T.M.Luescher, N.Makhubu
SOURCE EDITOR(S): D.Taras, R.Davis
KEYWORDS: #FEESMUSTFALL, LEADERSHIP, SOCIAL MEDIA, STUDENT UNREST, TWITTER, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11218
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15175
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15175
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Abstract
With the rapid proliferation of social media around the world, social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are increasingly becoming easily accessible vehicle for political expression and the formation of online networks by citizens. This chapter concentrates on the #FeesMustFall student protests at the University of Cape Town in South Africa in 2015 and 2016, focusing on Twitter and the role it played with respect to student leadership.-
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