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"This topical volume illuminates ethical issues brought to the fore by the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on a broad range of case studies from different regions, it provides insights into the multiple and complex ways in which the pandemic has shaped media ethics. Chapters employ a wide range of innovative theoretical and methodological approaches to dissect enduring and emerging ethical questions during the pandemic, providing lucid accounts of axiological dimensions in pandemic discourses, ethics of emotional mood, ethical challenges and dilemmas in news reporting, propaganda, misinformation, disinformation, and Othering. While the case studies in this book are unique, the authors have extrapolated common strands from their analysis of ethical issues applicable to any other country or region during the pandemic, contributing unique perspectives on how media ethics are circumscribed by global health pandemics. The book will appeal to researchers, academics, and practitioners at all levels in the fields of media studies, journalism, communication, media sociology, and public health, as well as general readers and policy makers who are keen to learn more about how global health crises illuminate critical ethical issues confronting the media"--

Chapter 1: Introduction - Social Media, Political Cultures and Elections in Africa Winston Mano & Martin Ndlela -- Chapter 2: Misogyny, Social Media and Electoral Democracy in Zimbabwe's 2018 Elections Pauline Mateveke and Rosemary Chikafa-Chipiro -- Chapter 3: Women and Election Activism in Uganda: The Pads4Girls Social Media Campaign Florence Namasinga Selnes and Kristin Skare Orgeret -- Chapter 4: Discrimination against female politicians on social media: An analysis of tweets in the run-up to the July 2018 harmonised elections in Zimbabwe. Gibson Ncube and Gwatisira Yemurai -- Chapter 5: Young people, social media and political participation. The limits of discursive (in)civility in the Kenyan context, Martin Ndlela -- Chapter 6: Youth, elections and social media: Understanding the critical (di)stance between young people and political party messaging. Vanessa Malilaand Noko Pela -- Chapter 7: Social Media as New Source of Empowerment in Algeria - Laeed Zaghlami -- Chapter 8: Post digital dialogue and activism in the public sphere. Dalien René Benecke and Sonja Verwey -- Chapter 9: #ThisFlag: Social media and cyber-protests in Zimbabwe Shepherd Mpofu and Admire Mare -- Chapter 10: #Zuma Must Fall this February: Homophily on the echo chambers of political leaders' twitter accounts Rofhiwa Mukhudwana -- Chapter 11: An Analysis of Newspapers' Coverage of Hate Speech in Nigeria. Sunday Ogbonna and Achike, C. Okafo -- Chapter 12: A critical analysis of how transgressive social media images and memes portrayed dominant political discourses during Nigeria's 2015 General Elections Chikezie E Uzuegbunam -- Chapter 13: Discourses on negative political advertising in South Africa: a social media reception analysis Siyasanga M Tyali & Rofhiwa F Mukhudwana.

1. Introduction: The role of social media in electoral democracies -- Martin Ndlela & Winston Mano -- 2. Directions of Political Communication in Africa: Searching for an African Model -- Thomas Chukwuma Ijere -- 3. Elections in the Age of Automated Communications -- Martin Ndlela -- 4. Is social media the bane of African electoral processes? The use and abuse of Facebook during intra-party election campaigns in Ghana -- Akwasi Bosompem Boateng, Danal Patrick McCracken & Musara Lubombo -- 5. Social media, participation and electoral democracy in Ghana -- Wilberforce Dzisah -- 6. This election will be Tweeted: Zimbabwe's Election Twitter Discourses -- Allen Munoroyarwa and Collin Chambwera -- 7. Social media and the 2018 elections in post Mugabe Zimbabwe's 2018 elections -- Trust Matsilele & Admire Mare -- 8. Why Social Media Activisim is not Enough: Analysis of Facebook, Youtube and Twitter Use in the 2018 Presidential Elections in Cameroon -- Kingsley L. Ngange -- 9. Political participation, engagement and democracy: A case of BOLESWA -- Carolyne M. Lunga & Maxwell V. Mthembu -- 10. The new battleground: Social media and political mobilization in Nigeria's electoral democracy -- Barikui Naane -- 11. Arua Election and the Bobi Wine Social Media Trailblaze: Citizenry Political Debates and Deliberative Democracy in Uganda -- Muzee Hannah & Joyce. B. Mbongo Endeley -- 12. Understanding the Implications of Social Media Usage in the Electoral Processes and Campaigns in Nigeria -- Oberiri Destiny Apuke.