New media and the question of African democracy / Aziz Douai, Anthony A. Olorunnisola -- Moroccan media in democratic transition / Bouziane Zaid -- Selective liberalization: an analysis of media reform in an emerging democracy / Terje S. Skjerdal -- Articulations and rearticulations: antagonisms of media reform in Africa / Heather Gilberds -- Fanning the flames of fear: a critical analysis of local language radio as a catalyst to the post election violence in Kenya / Timothy W. Kituri -- Looking beyond elections: an examination of media freedom in the re-democratisation of Nigeria / Ufuoma Akpojivi -- Press freedom, media regulation, and journalists' perceptions of their roles in society: a case of Zambia and Ghana / Twange Kasoma -- When the history turns stronger than the rhetoric: the journalistic culture drives over democracy ideals in Namibia and Tanzania / Ullamaija Kivikuru -- Cultural pluralism and democratic ideation- an African story: the case study of SABC's three ethnic minority radio stations / Brilliant Mhlanga -- The changing state of the South African nation: political proximity to business from a rhetorical perspective / Irina Turner -- Revolution 2.0: new media and the transformation of the Egyptian political and communication landscapes / Sahar Khamis -- Twitter frames: finding social media's "influentials" during the "Arab Spring" / Aziz Douai, Mohamed Ben Moussa -- A grassroots approach to the democratic role of the internet in developing countries: the case of Morocco / Mohamed Ben Moussa -- Twitter and Africa's 'war on terror': news framing and convergence in Kenya's Operation Linda Nchi. / Duncan Omanga, Pamela Chepngetich-Omanga -- Use of new ICTs as "liberation" or "repression" technologies in social movements: the need to formulate appropriate media policies / Brandie L. Martin, Anthony A. Olorunnisola -- Social media and youth interest in politics in Kenya / Auma Churchill Moses Otieno, Lusike Lynete Mukhongo -- Twitter as virtual battleground: the case of HSM press in Somalia / R. Bennett Furlow -- Political use of internet during the Benin 2011 presidential campaign: fad effect or mid-term strategy? / Bellarminus Gildas Kakpovi -- The impact of social media on the social, political and economic environments in Africa / Oluwabukola Adelaja -- Public opinion on Nigeria's democracy: why the Arab Spring stopped in the desert / Anthony A. Olorunnisola, Ayobami Ojebode -- New Media and the changing public sphere in Uganda: towards deliberative democracy? / Kennedy Javuru -- Rethinking the democratization role of online media: the Zimbabwean experience / Tendai Chari -- Social media, new ICTs and the challenges facing the Zimbabwe democratic process / Nhamo Anthony Mhiripiri, Bruce Mutsvairo -- Of new media influence on social and political change in Africa: introspects, retrospectives and futuristic challenges / Anthony A. Olorunnisola.