Vincent Obia – författare

The book considers the regulatory interventions that have been introduced for new media forms in Africa. This includes regulation covering digital broadcasting, social media and the wider digital media. Emphasis is placed on the regulation of new media, including digital media legislation, internet bans, regulation of online harms, data infrastructure, and digital policymaking. It presents new ideas on media and digital regulation in the Global South, focusing on the review, analysis, and critique of interventions in Africa.Detailed discussion of country case studies in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) regions highlights trends, patterns, contradictions, and dilemmas in policy and regulation of new media.

This book investigates social media regulation in Nigeria as an example for the Global South. It centres around political economy and theoretical insights drawn from studies into internet and social media regulation, the securitisation of online harms, and practical approaches to regulating social media content. Using a methodological approach that combines policy analysis, case studies, interviews, and social media analysis, the book contributes to and extends our knowledge of social media regulatory approaches in the Global South. It specifically introduces new concepts such as regulatory annexation to enable us to understand the regulatory environment in an African context and the several ways that social media users resist what is perceived as regulatory overreach in their struggle for digital freedom.