Introduction by Shepherd Mpofu and Kealeboga Aiseng
Part I: Social Media and Gender Discourses
Chapter 1: “I Will Submit until I Die”: Negotiating Femininities on a Zimbabwean Baking and Cooking Facebook Group by Nonhlanhla Ndlovu
Chapter 2: Gender Walls: Social Media Debates, Power, and Cancel Culture by Shepherd Mpofu
Chapter 3: Effectiveness of Social Media in Opening up Spaces for Women Leaders’ Career Progression: The Case of Zambia by Parkie Mbozi
Part II: Gender and Political Participation
Chapter 4: The Role of Social Media in Applied Theatre as Panacea for Gender Based Violence in South Africa by Ogungbemi Akinola and Samukezi Mrubula-Ngwenya
Chapter 5: Online Misogyny and Gendered Disinformation: Examining the Online Political Landscape in Days Leading to the Kenyan General Elections by Protus Murunga
Chapter 6: Gender, Elections, and Political Participation in the Age of Social Media in Zimbabwe by Memory Pamella Kadau
Chapter 7: A Legal Perspective on Exposing Women’s Intimate Images Online ‘Revenge Porn’ to Score Political Points by Sabieha Chayya, Motlalepula Rakubu, Vhonani Neluvhalani-Caquece, and Sebolawe Tladi
Part III: Violence and Identities
Chapter 8: In This ‘House’ We Speak and Are Listened To! Twitter as Memorial Archives for Gender-Based Violence by Sibongile Mpofu
Chapter 9: Murders of Gay Men in South Africa: An Analysis of #Justicefor… Hashtags by Priscilla Boshoff, Jason Olivier, and Lorenzo Dalvit
Chapter 10: The Struggle to Be Human in the Rural Context of South Africa: Experiences and Complexities of LGBTIQA+ as They Use Social Media and Adapt to Living with Diverse Sexual Orientation by Mxolisi Welcome Ngwenya, Dimakatso Mashala, Matlala Rachel Mahlatji, and Pamela Mafenngwe Mamogobo
Part IV: Representation, Identity, and Performance
Chapter 11: Women and Self-Representation in South Africa’s Twitter by Kealeboga Aiseng
Chapter 12: Social Media as The International Court of (Virtual) Justice: Babes Wodumo Trolled during The Funeral of Her Husband by Khatija Bibi Khan and Josephat Mutangadura
Chapter 13: The Tinderisation of Love: A Threat to Love as A Revolutionary Rebellion by Nombulelo Tholithemba Shange
About the Editors and Contributors