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Memory, National Identity, and Freedom of Expression in the Information Age: Discussing the Taboo in the Zimbabwean Public Sphere

Memory, National Identity, and Freedom of Expression in the Information Age: Discussing the Taboo in the Zimbabwean Public Sphere

Shepherd Mpofu
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781466664333|ISBN10: 1466664339|EISBN13: 9781466664340
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch097
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Mpofu, Shepherd. "Memory, National Identity, and Freedom of Expression in the Information Age: Discussing the Taboo in the Zimbabwean Public Sphere." Human Rights and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 1763-1777. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch097

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Mpofu, S. (2015). Memory, National Identity, and Freedom of Expression in the Information Age: Discussing the Taboo in the Zimbabwean Public Sphere. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Human Rights and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1763-1777). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch097

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Mpofu, Shepherd. "Memory, National Identity, and Freedom of Expression in the Information Age: Discussing the Taboo in the Zimbabwean Public Sphere." In Human Rights and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1763-1777. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch097

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Abstract

New Media and Information Technologies (NICTs) are increasingly becoming central in facilitating freedom of expression especially in repressive countries. In addition, the burgeoning diaspora community coupled with these NICTs have offered populations in these communities alternative public spheres where they can debate issues without government control. The chapter argues that through the Website, www.newzimbabwe.com, Zimbabweans have found for themselves a platform where they debate otherwise taboo issues that are not easily discussed in Zimbabwe: ethnicity and the heroes' acre debates. The conclusion of this the chapter is that the Internet has revolutionised the way Zimbabweans know freedom of expression.

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