Shepherd (Hrsg.) Mpofu

The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age

Perspectives from the Global South

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The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age: Perspectives from the Global South brings to critical and intellectual attention the role of humour in the digital era in the Global South. Many citizens of the Global South live disempowered and precarious lives. Digital media and humour, as chapters in the volume demonstrate, have empowered these citizens through engagement with power and their peers, enabling a pursuit of a better future. Contributors to the volume, while alive to challenges associated with the digital divide, highlight the potentials of social media and humour to engage and seek redress on issues such as corruption, human… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-030-81968-2
EAN: 9783030819682
Produktnummer: 37903231
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 336 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B15.3 cm x D2.3 cm 548 g
Auflage: 1st ed. 2021
Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 548

Über den Autor

Shepherd Mpofu is Associate Professor in Media and Communications at the University of Limpopo, South Africa. He is an African Humanities Programme Fellow. He is co-editor of Mediating Xenophobia in Africa (Palgrave, 2020). He regularly publishes in academic journals on themes such as media and identity, media and protests, gender and race.