New Media and Democracy in Kenya: Redefining Democracy and Politics

Tallam Edwin; Mulwo Abraham; Chepkuto Paul

dc.contributor.author	Tallam Edwin
dc.contributor.author	Mulwo Abraham
dc.contributor.author	Chepkuto Paul
dc.date.accessioned	2018-11-16T07:15:20Z
dc.date.available	2018-11-16T07:15:20Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.issn	2224-3267 (Paper
dc.identifier.issn	2224-3275 (Online)
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2282
dc.description.abstract	This paper discusses the contribution of new media in Kenyan democratization process. The advent of multiparty politics in developing countries especially Kenya, marked the beginning of a journey that has witnessed a lot of obstacles towards democracy. Thanks to the New media which has brought with it enormous possibilities to the citizens and the government. The new media has collapsed the initial barriers of a one way communication and provided equal opportunities to both the rich and the poor. New media has become a new public sphere, and in this paper, different scholarly articles will be analyzed and their arguments corroborated in support of this view	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	New Media and Mass Communication	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Vol.32, 2014;
dc.subject	Public sphere	en_US
dc.subject	Newmedia	en_US
dc.subject	democracy	en_US
dc.title	New Media and Democracy in Kenya: Redefining Democracy and Politics	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US