Iwilade, A (2013) Crisis as opportunity: youth, social media and the renegotiation of power in Africa. Journal of Youth Studies, 16 (8). pp. 1054-1068. ISSN 1367-6261
Abstract
This paper conceptualises ‘global financial crisis’ as primarily political and focuses on the way it impacts on the ability of youth to renegotiate their place and space with patterns of authority and control in Africa, using the instrumentality of new media. Three main arguments are made. First is that, even though the crisis occurred within the economy, non-economic causal factors were key triggers. Second, the intersection between youth protest, the pressures of a global system in crisis and the opportunities being provided by globalised social media has been critical not only to the deepening of resistance, but also to the ability of youth to appropriate the discourses and channel grievance. Third, youth appropriation of protest discourses surrounding the pressures of the recent global crisis has forced a renegotiation of patterns of authority and control and is deepening stability challenges in different ways. This paper concludes by examining how the state has responded to this emerging youth ability to not only demand but also impose discourses within the public space.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | crisis; youth; social media; power; Africa |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Apr 2019 08:36 |
Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2019 08:36 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13676261.2013.772572 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:126601 |