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PhD Proposal
Leonard Makombe - 15852938
Promoter - Dr. G.J. Botma
Title
From the screen to the street? A critical analysis of Facebook and Twitter discourse and how
it influenced public political participation in Zimbabwe during the 2013 elections
B.1 Preliminary study and rationale
.the internet is the most democratising innovation ever seen Joe Trippi (quoted
in Hindman, 2009: 2).
International debate on social medias potential to influence political participation was
evident from the 1990s onwards (Breindl, 2010:43; Atton, 2004) with Trippis sentiments
underscoring optimism in new technologies. However, criticism against unqualified optimism
gathered momentum after the 2009 post-elections protests in Iran and Moldova as well as
the so-called Arab Spring1 (Starbird & Palen, 2012; Shirky, 2011; Mungiu-Pippidi &
Munteanu, 2009;). Some studies confirm social medias2 catalysing role in revolts, also
termed Twitter Revolutions (Shirky, 2011), claiming that Facebook provided tools to
facilitate interaction and responses to questions they (activists) would have found difficult to
answer offline (Aouragh & Alexander, 2011:349). Moreover, social media technologies, of
which Facebook and Twitter are part, represent an important instrumental resource
(Eltantawy & Wiest, 2011:1212) to bridge participatory gaps, empowering and mobilising
citizens to participate both online and offline. Critics, however, contend that social media
bring inconsequential change as protests could still have occurred without them (Gladwell,
2011; Morozov, 2011; Alterman, 2011). Gladwell (2011) emphasises the historical role of the
word of mouth as more important than Facebook and Twitter.
I am inclined to subscribe to the optimists because as Shirky (2011) and Starbid and Palen
(2012) argue, social media have altered political participation and in Zimbabwe Facebook
1Popular protests that started as what was termed the Jasmine Revolution in late 2010 in Tunisia resulting in
the change of government before spreading to Egypt then other Arab, North African and Sub-Saharan
countries.2
Social media refers to a group of internet based applications that allow the creation and exchange of user
generated content. Social media takes various forms like social networks, blogs, weblogs and video. Socialmedia tools which have been highly emphasised include Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (Kaplan & Haenlein,
2010).
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and Twitter offer new platforms for citizen engagement. Social media allow for the sharing of
information, discussion of political topics and mobilisation for offline political activities
including voting, attending political rallies or participating in a demonstration.
Active political participation started to decline after independence in 1980 as Zimbabwe
developed into an authoritarian regime rather than a liberal democracy with less credible
elections and low voter turnout (Sithole, 2001). A rapid legislated closure of political space
since 2000 (Freedom House, 2012) coiniciding with steep economic decline and negatively
impacted political participation as the focus of the electorate was on survival, not politics
(Schlee, 2011:1).
The stifling of political space hindered mainstream medias role as watchdogs and
custodians of the public good and active citizens (Moyo, 2011:2), arguably giving
momentum to emerging alternative media platforms. Faced with a restrictive legal
environment, activists and grassroot organisations initiated innovative strategies to
broadcast content (Windeck, 2010; Moyo, 2012:484), including shortwave radio stations,
roadcasting (distributing pre-recorded audio materials), podcasting, mass short message
services (mass SMS) and interactive voice responses. Roadcasting contravened the Access
to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (2001) (Moyo, 2012:485), as distribution of
audio materials required registration with the Media and Information Commission. Mass
SMS could be monitored under the Interception of Communications Act (2006), while
shortwave broadcasts were interfered with by the state using equipment bought in China
(Mavhunga, 2008:2). The internet, and especially social media, thus emerged as a popular
site for citizens seeking alternative information (Kelly & Cook, 2011; Zaffiro, 2001). This
trend gave rise to new reform based emergent alternative media narrative that encourage,
articulate and stimulate public participation (Mutsvairo & Columbus, 2012:8) and a platform
to distribute content as well as an avenue to discuss a taboo subject without fear of being
reprimanded by the secretive and authoritarian state (Mpofu, 2011:1). New informationcommunication technologies (ICTs) altered the media landscape allowing alternative voices
to proliferate (Zaffiro, 2001:114) and despite signals weakening relative to distance from
urban centres, internet access through mobile phones has spread across the country (See
annex C).
Adopting Internet based platforms ties in with cyber optimists (see Starbird & Palen, 2012;
Shirky, 2011; Diamond, 2010) proposition that social media can be leveraged for political
participation within repressive environments.
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A preliminary study has shown that there is growing use of Facebook and Twitter in
Zimbabwe as politicians, political parties, activists, interest groups and ordinary citizens use
both for political information, discussion and feedback. Facebook and Twitter use was
evident during theconstitution making process recently. For example, Parliamentary
Monitor, a Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/parlymonitor), used the
platform to disseminate copies of the draft constitution as well as information on location of
polling stations and voting regulations during the referendum. Twitter was used to post
opinions, links and news during the constitution making process and to update results of
the referendum. Facebook and Twitter allowed debates and discussions, thus widened the
debate on the constitution.
Despite a growing body of literature on the use of social media in Zimbabwe (see Mutsvairo
& Columbus, 2012; Moyo, 2011; Kelly & Cook, 2011; Masuku, 2011;), no netnographical
studies have focused specifically on how social media influences political participation during
elections. Examining how social media influences political participation in Zimbabwe will
yield important insights on claims by cyber-optimists that social media offer alternative,
affordable and cost effective platforms for political participation within repressive societies
(see Starbird & Palen, 2012; Shirky, 2011; Mungiu-Pippidi & Munteanu, 2009).
B.2 Problem statement and focus
Zimbabwe is considered a repressive and not free country (Freedom House, 2012) with
decreasing active political participation, for example voting in national elections (Sithole,
2001) and a muzzled media (Moyo, 2011). The repressive political environment and muzzled
media opened opportunities for use of social media for political information, discussion and
mobilisation. Facebook3 and Twitter4 are dominant social media platforms in Zimbabwe
with .(Facebook) accounts already opened by virtually all sectors (Mutsvairo &
Columbus, 2012:1). This research looks at how Facebook and Twitter are used as
instruments to mobilise the Zimbabweans to participate during the 2013 elections as was the
3Facebook is the largest and most ubiquitous social networking website on the Internet. Developed in 2003,
Facebook has since expanded significantly; the company opened its international headquarters in 2008 with an
active user base of 100 million, and now boasts a user base of more than 1 billion. Source:
http://newsroom.fb.com/Key-Facts(accessed 25 March 2012).4
Twitter, launched in 2006, is a popular social networking and micro-blogging service by which users can send
and receive text-based posts of up to 140 characters, known informally as tweets. While it was launched
several years ago, Twitter has expanded most rapidly in recent months; As of December 2012, Twitter had 200million users per month. Source: http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2012/12/18/twitter-now-has-200-million-
monthly-active-users-up-60-million-in-9-months
https://www.facebook.com/groups/parlymonitorhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/parlymonitorhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/parlymonitorhttp://newsroom.fb.com/Key-Factshttp://newsroom.fb.com/Key-Factshttp://newsroom.fb.com/Key-Factshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/parlymonitor -
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case in the mass protests in Moldova, Iran, Egypt and Tunisia (Starbird & Palen, 2012;
Shirky, 2011; Mungiu-Pippidi & Munteanu, 2009).
B. 3 Theoretical points of departure, research questions and hypotheses
Theorising mass media remains problematic as the field is characterised by fragmentation
and insufficient coherence (Dahlgren, 2005). Chaffee and Metzger (2001:374) question the
validity, applicability and relevance of mass communication theories assuming a centralised
mass media system in a decentralised and demassified environment. With social media,
including Facebook and Twitter, content becomes more diversified, there are more world
views and no clearly identifiable mainstream rendering some mass media theories irrelevant.
These media platforms provide new opportunities to various groups and give power to
people whose agendas would not have been reported in major mass media (Chaffee &
Metzger, 2001). Social media eliminates induced hegemony (Chaffee & Metzger; 2001) by
moving power from elites to a greater proportion of media users.
Castells (1996; 2009) and van Dijk (1999) have shown how various networks emerged with
social media use. Social media differs from unidirectional traditional media by allowing the
sending and receiving of messages thus enabling mass self communication (Castells,
2009:56) which is amore horizontal style of communication without a hierarchy (Lilleker &
Jackson 2008: 6). Horizontal communication allows forging of weak ties with strangers to
establish networks where social characteristics are less influential in framing or even
blocking communications (Castells, 1996: 388). These social networks offeran interactive
system which features feedback effects and communications from anywhere to anywhere
within the network (Castells, 2009: 7) and anyone with the right technology can publish
opinions in real time to mass audiences (Luoma-aho, 2011:3). The strength of the weak
ties according to Granovetter (1973:1361) lies in theirpotential for diffusion, social mobility,
political organisation and social cohesion in general.
In addition to the horizontal nature of communications ushered in by social media including
Facebook and Twitter, these platforms have a dialogical complexity lying in their flexibility
that communicators often have with regard to where to post messages, who to engage with
and the language to use during interaction (Rambe, 2012:297). Additionally, the two
platforms are grounded in connectivism framework (Rambe, 2012:297) allowing
knowledge production that value connected networks, shared generation of content and use
of complex, adaptive systems for knowledge generation (Rambe, 2012:297). To be able to
fully analyse the networks, this research employs Critical Discourse Analysis (henceforth
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CDA), an approach that focusses on how social relations, identity, knowledge and power
are constructed through written and spoken texts in communities, schools the media and the
political arena (Fairclough, 1989:20).CDA is an analytic tool that can be used in the close
readings of editorials, op-eds, columns, adverts and other public texts (Huckin, 2002:4).
Other CDA scholars (Hacker & van Dijk, 2000) argue that social media allows for public
discourse without limits of time, place or other physical conditions enabling citizens to seek
to address socio-economic issues that matter to them.
A preliminary study has shown that network theory is applicable to the Zimbabwean context
as there are networks which have emerged as a result of Facebook and Twitter use. While it
is difficult to strictly apply traditional theories (like the four theories [Siebert, Peterson and
Schramm: 1956]) to the Zimbabwean press, it is very easy to identify the horizontal
communication (Lilleker & Kackson, 2008:6) and interactive systems which features
feedback effects and communications (Castells, 2009:7) brought about by Facebook and
Twitter. Facebook and Twitter are based on networks and interactivity and can be valuable
for political participation in Zimbabwe like any other environment through the weak ties and
anonymity they provide (Castells, 1996:388). Everyone now has the possibility to put out
information, create knowledge and highlight relevant issues within these networks thus
undercutting the power of the mainstream media. As Castells (2009:263 264) argues, one
result of social media in repressive regimes is the emergence of insurgent communities asindividuals perceiving an oppression transform their shared protest into a community of
practice, their practice being resistance. This means that the networks of social media users
in Zimbabwe can be used for resistance which comes in the form of protests,
demonstrations or voting against perceived repressions.
Resultantly, the networks that have developed as a result of the use of Facebook and Twitter
have a bearing on offline political participation. Verba, Scholzman & Brady (1995) define
political participation as an activity that has the intent or effect of influencing governmentaction or selection of people who make policies. Political participation includes wearing party
regalia, attending a rally, voting, buying a political party membership card, giving money to a
candidate or demonstrating on the streets. It is the thrust of this research to acsertain how
the Facebook and Twitter networks made by Zimbabweans influence offline political
participation as defined above. Scholars (Verba & Nie, 1972; Verba, Scholzman & Brady
1995) argue that people may not participate in politics because they do not want to, they
cannot or nobody has asked them to.
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This study uses network theory as propounded by Castells (2009) to investigate how
Facebook and Twitter users employed the platforms for political discourse during elections in
Zimbabwe in 2013. CDA as a powerful critical research tool is applied to analyse the
contexts generated through the political discourse and their impact on informing, mobilising,
explaining and describing the elections.
From the discussion above, two theoretical departure points can be formulated:
I. CDA can be applied to analyse Facebook and Twitter discourse so as to gain insight
on how these platforms of engagement transforms political participation especially
voting.
II. Facebook and Twitter provide citizens with a platform for public discourse to address
socio-political issues or organise for greater attention of the issues, and the discourse
can be analysed using CDA.
Research Questions
Flowing from the theoretical points of departure a general research question is formulated: In
what way did social media, specifcally Facebook and Twitter, facilitate public
participaton in the election of a new government in Zimbabwe in 2013.
Following from the general research question are four specific research questions:
1) Who used Facebook and Twitter for political discourse during the 2013 elections in
Zimbabwe?
2) Do the Facebook and Twitter users who conversed on elections in Zimbabwe in 2013
demonstrate key features of a network society?
3) What political discourse took place within the Facebook and Twitter communityduring the 2013 elections in Zimbabwe?
4) What was the impact of the discourse within the Facebook and Twitter community on
public participation during the 2013 elections in Zimbabwe?
Hypotheses
Drawing from the theoretical framework, it is assumed that citizens in repressive political
systems may use Facebook and Twitter for political participation which correlates with offline
action. As a result of this, the study seeks to test three hypotheses:
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Hypothesis 1 Using Twitter and Facebook lowers threshold for participation by offering
flexible platforms that are more effective in spreading information, mobilising supporters and
making opinions.
Hypothesis 2 The ties formed as a result of the use of Twitter and Facebook facilitate offline
public political participation.
Hypothesis 3 Facebook and Twitter networks create communities of practice, aimed at
resisting hegemony.
B.4 Research design and methods
Ethical considerations
This research will be guided by the University of Stellenbosch ethics policy and the
researcher will apply for ethical clearance prior to to its commencement.
The researcher will make sure that participants in the survey and structured interviews
(Annex A and B) sign an infomed consent form. Information gathered in this research will
remain confidential and names of respondents shall also remain confidential.
Research design
Both qualitative and quantitative methods shall be used to collect and analyse data to
provide more comprehensive evidence for studying a research problem (Creswell & Clark,
2006:9). Content analysis, a systematic and replicable examination of symbols ofcommunication (Riffe, Lacy, & Fico, 2005), shall be used together with a survey.
Data Collection
Adopting content analysis as a tool to collect and analyse Twitter and Facebook presents
opportunities to work with huge data on human communication around a certain issue what
Karpf (2012:10) calls siren song of abundant data. Karlson and Stromback (2010) point out
that researchers may not be able to trap the streams of data as they happen as they go
without being archived. Boyd and Crawford (2012:669) note that researchers working on
Twitter are not getting the firehose of the complete content stream, but merely a
gardenhose of very limited number of tweets. This means that this study has to come up
with mechanisms to trap and archive the data and employ data collection methods that
improve representativeness of sampled data.
Collection of Facebook data shall start with the identification of all searchable Facebook
groups discussing Zimbabwe politics. These groups shall be identified through the use of a
Facebook search engine, From this population 10 groups shall be randomly sampled, from a
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population established by use of search engines (n). Facebook groups shall be arranged
alphabetically in ascending order and have a number between 1 and n assigned to it in
descending order. A random number generator shall be used to produce 10 numbers
between 1 and n with each group with the corresponding number being included in the
sample.
Unlike Facebook, where data can be archived, Twitter keeps tweets (bursts of information
of 140 characters or less) available to the public for at most 10 days(). This means that there
should be a method of trapping the tweets as they are broadcast for future analysis.
Additionally, there should also be a mechanism for selecting relevant tweets. In this regard,
this research shall use the twitter hash tag (#) which is a used to highlight the relevance of
a tweet to a trending topic to isolate tweets for collection. For the 2013 Zimbabwe elections,
the researcher has identified five relevant hash tags namely(#zimelections,
#zimdecides2013, #zimelection, #zimvote and #zimdecides.)5 This researcher shall use
Tweet Archivist, a commercial light but powerful software that is used to collect tweets
according to a hash tag and storing them as a Microsoft Excel document.(see annex D for a
sample of what the archived tweets would look like) The archiving of tweets using this
software can be over any period and for this research, the tweets will be collected over 51
days that is 25 days prior to voting and 25 days after with the actual voting on July 31 being
the mid-point6. The collection of this data is unobtrusive.
The foregoing lay the basis for analysing data to determine whether participation was
caused by tweets, content on Twitter and or Facebook. It is clear that the data collected for
both Facebook and Twitter may give the research rich structured data. However, and the
behaviours and activities online (RQ2, RQ3 and RQ4) but this may not explain why people
do what they do online hence the need to use a survey. A preliminary study has shown that
Facebook users do not disclose much demographic information, something which a
questionnaire, considered more objective (Oppenheim, 1992) and able to produce
generalisable results, will do. Respondents will be selected through convenient sampling,
where the questionnaire is posted on several Facebook pages and direct invitation to Twitter
users. This is a very obtrusive approach and the researcher shall openly say what the
purpose of the survey is. In the event of limited responses, the researcher will resend the
5
A hash tag, which also functions as a search string, connects a tweet to larger themes6 The collection and archiving of the tweets has already started. The period was selected as it best describes
voting period.
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questionnaire. It has to be stated that the research and ethics policy of the Stellenbosch
University shall be used as the guide.
Data Analysis
This survey will collect data to address RQ1, probing gender, age, level of education,
profession, income, membership to online and offline organisations and political participation
online and its effects offline. Numeric data collected shall be used to test all three
hypotheses and the relevance of the network theory. Oppenheim (2002) identified faulty
design, incoherent sampling and biased questionnaire design and wording as possible
weaknesses when administering a survey. A pilot test, to ascertain consistency and
correctness (Fink, 2009), will be used to minimise these weaknesses. SPSS version 17
(software the researcher has a working knowledge of) will be used to analyse survey data
because it allows for in-depth data access and preparation, analytical reporting, graphics
and modelling.
CDA and Content Analysis will also be used to analyse data. The procedure for CDA data
analysis shall start with a random selection of texts (from both Twitter and Facebook) which
is the sample frame identified above. The selected texts will then be critically examined to
identify contexts (answering research questions 1 and 2). Finally, the researcher would then
use CDA to consider the intentions of the text, that is, asking what the text wanted to achieve
and in the process answer research questions 2, 3 and 4.
CDA data analysis may not give a complete picture of all underlying meanings in the
discourse especially regarding the frequency with which certain words, statements and tone,
which may be critical in understanding the effects of the discourse on public political
participation. This gap could easily be bridged by use of content analysis which is defined by
Riffe, Lacy and Fico (2005) as a systemic and replicable analysis of symbols of
communications. Content analysis allows for the analysis of relationships to describe thecommuniations, draw inferences about its or infer from the communication to its context,
both of production and consumption (Riffe, Lacy, & Fico, 2005). This study shall employ the
stages of content analysis suggested by Riffe, Lacy and Fico (2005) which start with
selecting a sample. Random samplinshall be used on the data collected as explain above.
From the sample, categories are defined for coding, followed by the coding of data. The next
step will be to assess the reliability of the coded data and the analysis as well as the
interpretation of the results. Data coding, which is a systematic way in which to condense
extensive data sets into smaller analysable units through the creation of categories and
concepts derived from the data (Lockyer, 2004:1) makes information manageable and
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Annex A. Survey Questionnaire
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
1. City/Tow/Area Located:
1. City
2. Town 3. Growth Point
4. Rural Area
2. Sex:
1.Male
2.Female
3. Age: ___
4. Education:
1. Primary School
2. Secondary School
3. Tertiary Education
4. First Degree
5. Graduate Degree
5. Occupation:__________________________
6 Monthly Salary: US$____________
II. FACEBOOK USAGE
7. How long have you been using Facebook?
1. 5 years and above
2. 3-4 years
3. 1-2 years
4. 11 months and below
8. How did you get to know about Facebook?
1. Through Family Member
2. Through Friends
3. Others, specify _________
9. Where do you access Facebook? (check as many as appropriate)
1. Home
2. Office
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3. School
4. Internet Caf
5. Cellphone
6. Others, Specify ___________
10. What time of the day do you usually access your Facebook account?1. 12 midnight 6 am
2. 6 am -12 noon
3. 12 noon 6 pm
4. 6pm 12 midnight
5. I am online the whole day
11. On average, how many hours do you spend on Facebook per day?
1. Less than 1 hour
2. 2 hours to 3 hours
3. 4 hours to 5 hours
4. More than 6 hours
12. How many days do you access Facebook in a week?
1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four
5. Five
6. Six
7. Seven 13. How many are your Facebook friends as of this survey?
1. < 100
2. Between 101 to 300
3. Between 301 to 600
4. Between 601 to 900
5. Between 901 to 1200
6. 1201 and above
14. What do you usually do when you log in to Facebook? Please rank according to priority (5 highest
1 lowest)
____Post and view pictures
____Post and view videos
____Read and comment on posts
____Post and share links
____Update My Status
15. Do you use Facebook to look for information on (please check as many as appropriate)
1. Politics
2. Education
3.
Health
4. Artists
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5. Jokes
6. Religion
7. Others, specify ____________________
16. When you see an interesting political post or information (video, photo, wall post, link) do you
immediately share it to your other friends?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Sometimes
17. If your answer to the above is Yes, what prompts you to share the information?
1. The information on the post is important and needs to be shared immediately
2. The post is funny
3. The post is emotionally touching
4. The post is disgusting and I want to freak my friends out
5. The post says something I believe in
18. If your answer to question # 16 is No, Why not?
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__________________________________
19. Do you think Facebook and other Social networking sites are effective sources of political
information?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Maybe
20. If you answered Yes to Question # 19, why?
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__________________________________
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21. If you answered no to Question # 19, why not?
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22. Have you ever posted anything political on your Facebook wall or group you belong to?
1. Yes
2. No
23. What political topics are you interested to find on Facebook?
1. Basic Information / News
2. Updates by Politicians 3. Official Political Party Updates
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4. Others, specify ______________________
24. Rank the following as to the most valuable Facebook functionality that can be effective in sharing
Political information (5 highest 1 lowest)
_____Photo sharing
_____Video sharing
_____Notes
_____Facebook pages
_____Calendar
25. How often do you discuss political information on Facebook with others offline?
1. Often
2. Rarely
3. Sometimes
4. Never
26. How often do you use Facebook do influence others to follow a given political party or politician?
1. Often 2. Rarely
3. Sometimes
4. Never
27. Have you ever attended a rally, protest, demonstration or sign a petition after you were invited
through Facebook?
1. Yes
2. No
28. What do you think are the strengths of Facebook for use in sharing Political information?
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__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________________
29. What are its weaknesses?
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______________________
30. Which election(s) did you vote in, if any? (Check all that apply.)
2000 (Parliamentary)
2002 (Presidential)
2005 (Parliamentary)
2005 (Senatorial)
2008 (Harmonised)
2008 (Presidential Run Off)
2013 Referendum
2013 Harmonised
31. Did Facebook play any role in your participation in the elections you voted?1. Yes
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2. No
32. If you answered yes to 31 above, please explain what role Facebook played
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Annex B
Semi Structured Interview Questions
1) How often do you use Facebook?
Probe: The times of day
Probe: The gadgets used
2) Since when have you been using Facebook?
3) How many friends do you have on Facebook? Would you say the number is growing?
Probe: What type of friends they have
Probe: What Facebook groups they belong to
4) How do you use Facebook?
5) What about your friends, how do they use Facebook6) What are the features of Facebook that are most beneficial to you?
7) What are the advantages of sharing political information through Facebook
8) What political issues do you use Facebook for?
Probe: What do you think constitutes political issues?
9) How often do you post political contents on Facebook?
Probe: If this is posted on their wall or on groups they belong to?
10)What do you do with political content posted by others on Facebook?
11)Do you use Facebook to organise online protests, petitions or discussion on political issues?
Probe: How they do this
Probe: How often they do so.
12)Why do you use Facebook for posting and discussion political issues?
13)From your experience, has the use of Facebook been effective for online participation?
14)How effective has been the use of Facebook for offline participation?
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Annex C
Internet coverage Zimbabwe. Source:https://www.econet.co.zw/services/coverage-maps
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Annex D
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7/6/201316:26
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7/6/201316:30
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7/6/201319:13
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7/6/20139:43
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7/6/201317:45
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