dc.contributor.advisor |
Sebola, M. P. (Chief Editor) |
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dc.contributor.advisor |
Molokwane, T. (Quest Editor) |
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dc.contributor.author |
Malatji, E. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Baloyi, C. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-02-17T21:45:41Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-02-17T21:45:41Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Malatji, E.and C. Baloyi. 2021. Twitter as a New Fourth Estate: A Case of Black Twitter, Trolling vs. Accountability. Proceedings of the International Conference on Public Administration and Development Alternatives (IPADA). 523-530.<http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1871> |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
978-0-620-92730-7 (print) |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
978-0-620-92751-2 (e-book) |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1871 |
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dc.description |
Journal articles published in the 6th International Conference on Public Adminstration and Development Alternatives (IPADA), 06-08 October 2021, Virtual Conference. |
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dc.description.abstract |
Globally, the emergence of social media particularly Twitter as a platform for social discourse has
been well documented. Arguably, Twitter is an extension of mass media as the modern fourth estate. The
fourth estate refers to the watchdog role of the mass media. Generally, mass media are used to ensure that
government officials are held accountable by the public as the ideal fourth arm of the state. Thus, Twitter has
afforded the public direct access to government officials. Twitter as a micro-blogging site is often used to challenge
the government's lack of service delivery among other purposes. Accordingly, this investigation explores
Twitter as a new fourth estate in South Africa. This qualitative inquiry used the online observation method to
collect data from the relevant tweets, retweets, and comments as generated by the tweeps. Reflexive thematic
analysis was employed to analyse data. Furthermore, Nick Couldry's practice theory is the apt theoretical lens
in this paper. This theory accentuates the manner in which the public uses new media rather than how the
latter takes advantage of the former. The findings of the study suggest that Twitter is in a better position to
topple mass media as a modern fourth estate in South Africa. According to the online observations undertaken
in this research, the government officials are worried about their projected image on Twitter. Therefore, the
study recommends that the public should capitalise on Twitter to ensure that government officials are held
accountable. Similarly, government officials should effectively use this platform to answer the public's probing
questions about the activities of the state. The government officials should see the messages communicated
through Twitter as part of transparency and accountability. The tweets as generated by the public directed to
the government officials are not always meant to troll the officials, some of them are intended to stimulate
accountability on the side of the government. Moreover, the mass media outlets should embrace Twitter as
an alternative fourth estate |
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dc.format.extent |
1 online resource (7 pages) |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
International Conference on Public Administration and Development Alternatives (IPADA) |
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dc.relation.requires |
PDF |
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dc.subject |
Black Twitter |
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dc.subject |
Fourth estate |
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dc.subject |
Government officials |
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dc.subject |
Public |
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dc.subject |
Twitter |
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dc.title |
Twitter as a New Fourth Estate: A Case of Black Twitter, Trolling vs. Accountability |
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dc.type |
Article |
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