Digitizing Community Building and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Communities: A Case of #Let’sTalkUganda in Northern Uganda

Kasadha, Juma, (2020). Digitizing Community Building and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Communities: A Case of #Let’sTalkUganda in Northern Uganda. Social Media + Society, 1-13

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    Author Kasadha, Juma
    Title Digitizing Community Building and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Communities: A Case of #Let’sTalkUganda in Northern Uganda
    Appearing in Social Media + Society
    Publication Date 2020-04
    Place of Publication Thousand Oaks, CA
    Publisher SAGE Publishing
    Start page 1
    End page 13
    Language eng
    Abstract This research examines the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs; social media) as a tool that fosters community building and reconciliation in post-conflict regions, in particular Northern Uganda. Using Twitter data collected over 27months (12 June 2016–9 September 2018), we found that information technology (IT) increased social actors’ (Justice and Reconciliation Project [JRP]-Uganda) advocacy for transitional justice in post-conflict communities. Interview findings evidenced the effectiveness of using social media (SM) to connect post-conflict communities to share and discuss reconciliatory ideas. This study connotes that well-thought-out SM use by social actors to share information used in resolving conflict results in socio-political stability and harmonious coexistence.
    Keyword ICTs
    Reconciliation and community building
    Post-conflict societies
    LRA and Northern Uganda
    Copyright Holder SAGE Publications, Inc.
    Copyright Year 2020
    Copyright type Creative commons
    ISSN 20563051
    DOI https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2056305120924785
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