This book examines the pervasive phenomenon of trauma and its narrative representation in social media platforms. The book specifically explores how, despite its pedagogical gains, the circulation and consumption of information on social media platforms may exacerbate mental health issues. Containing insightful contributions from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Kenya and Uganda, the book brings together a unique blend of scholarly research that interrogates social media-induced trauma in sub-Saharan Africa, thereby contributing to the current understanding of the effects of emotional contagion and media amplification on human beings. Trauma in the Age of Social Media: Narrative and Representation will appeal to students and scholars from a range of disciplines, including trauma and memory studies, cultural studies, gender studies, popular culture, psychology, digital media technologies and literary studies.
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Trauma in the Age of Social Media in Sub Saharan Africa
Narrative and Representation
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Trauma in the Age of Social Media in Sub Saharan Africa
Narrative and Representation
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9783031955075
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HistoriographyTable of contents
- Trauma in the Age of Social Media in Sub Saharan Africa
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- 1. Introduction: The Contours of Social Media Trauma
- 2. #TextTheThief and the Era of Subtle Violence on Ugandan Social Media Platforms: A Case of X
- 3. Confronting Silence: Kenyan Women Narrating Female Health Traumas on Social Media
- 4. Information Seeking on Social Media as a Coping Mechanism During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malawi
- 5. Social Media, Xenophobia and Trauma in South Africa
- 6. Gukurahundi Memory, Trauma and Social Media: Exploring Zimbabwean Women’s Experiences of Genocidal Gendered Violence Mediated in Online Documentaries
- 7. “Covering Police or Military is Like Entering a Dock”: Experiences of and Responses to Trauma among Uganda Female Journalists
- 8. Status Update Phenomenon: Trauma in WhatsApp Status Updates Among Spouses
- 9. Encountering Trauma Online: Perspectives on Platform Vulnerabilities and Wounding Experiences of Kenyan Social Media Users
- 10. Cyberbullying and the TikTok Lives of Gender and Sexual Minorities in South Africa and Zimbabwe
- 11. Consequences of My Actions: Versions of Perpetrator Trauma in Nigerian YouTube Videos
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