Bob Wekesa
Biographic Data
| ID | 156557 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bob Wekesa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bob |
| FAMILY NAME | Wekesa |
| SIGNATURE | WEKESA B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Tensions, Confrontations, and Consensus: WhatsApp Use in Kenyan Electoral Politics
Social media has enhanced culturally grounded debates and ethnicity-based exclusionism during Kenya's WhatsApp group deliberations. These practices are often more pronounced during elections when WhatsApp becomes a social media platform of choice for various groups. Exclusionism takes at least two vectors. On the one hand, tensions and confrontations emerge as electoral deliberations proceed. On the other hand, consensus on WhatsApp spaces also e…
China’s Footprint in East Africa: Pessimism versus Optimism
The Popular
Conclusion
Geopolitics
History
Beyond De-Westernization: Transcultural Communication Studies Perspectives From the Global South — An Introduction
In recent times, the phrase has also come to denote and connote decolonization with the basic premise being that communication flows are continuously being reproduced through the critiqued notions, practices, and ideologies of Western colonialism.The concepts of cross-cultural and intercultural communication speak to the ideas around De-Westernization which the concept of transcultural communication liberatingly transcends.While these perspective…
Introduction to the special issue: Digital diplomacy in Africa
KEYWORDS: Introductiondigital diplomacyAfricae-diplomacyinternational knowledge structurediaspora diplomacyAfrican Union
African digital diplomacy: Emergence, evolution, and the future
Digital diplomacy has become a major topic of international interdisciplinary analysis. Aimed at making an African contribution to knowledge, this article charts the emergence of digital diplomacy and presents evidence of unfolding practices and discussions in the African digital diplomacy sphere. The empirical segment of the article draws on data from 21 virtual sessions on African digital diplomacy, convened between July and August 2020 and inv…
New directions in the study of Africa-China media and communications engagements
The Africa–China media and communications field is a nascent but rapidly growing one. This paper provides an overview of the field, followed by a discussion of the theoretical pathways that can be considered as productive in taking the field forward. The paper argues for the need for rigorous theory-building approaches, and makes some suggestions about how this field of study can be developed. The paper concludes with a discussion of potential fu…
Forum: China’s Silk Road Economic Belt: African perspectives and implications
This forum piece seeks to probe the connection between China and Africa regarding the current Chinese concept dubbed the “Silk Road Economic Belt”, variously referred to by such synonyms such as “new Silk Road”, “Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road”, “Chinese and 21st-Century New Silk Road” and “Silk Road of the Sea”. What are the historical antecedents of the African dimension of this new Chinese zeitgeist? How is Africa featuring in the embryonic …
Whose event? Official versus journalistic framing of the fifth Forum on China Africa Cooperation (Focac V)
The article contributes to the fledgling literature in the China–Africa communications field by approaching the topic from the perspective of an event – the fifth conference of the Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC V). It proposes that by analysing FOCAC V specifically, and the FOCAC phenomenon generally, new and interesting insights might be gained into the interests of the various players – namely, Chinese officials, African officials an…
Emerging trends and patterns in China–Africa media dynamics: A discussion from an East African perspective
Academic considerations of African communications, media and journalism are in their embryonic stages, to the extent that they trail other strands of engagement within highly dynamic China–Africa relations. Yet, media reporting of China by Chinese, African and global media have been in flux since the inauguration of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in 2000. Three layers of perspective on China–Africa media confluences are discernible…
The Media Framing of China’s Image in East Africa: An Exploratory Study
Sino-East African relations are very significant for the continent. These tighten-ing, multilevel and overarching relations are to a certain extent dependent on the accumulation of perceptions among East Africans about China. China-Africa social science literature has pointed out that China has both a favourable and unfavourable image in East Africa. These studies however exhibit a certain level of vagueness from a communication perspective in so…
New directions in the study of Africa-China media and communications engagements
The Africa–China media and communications field is a nascent but rapidly growing one. This paper provides an overview of the field, followed by a discussion of the theoretical pathways that can be considered as productive in taking the field forward. The paper argues for the need for rigorous theory-building approaches, and makes some suggestions about how this field of study can be developed. The paper concludes with a discussion of potential fu…
The Media Framing of China’s Image in East Africa: An Exploratory Study
Sino-East African relations are very significant for the continent. These tighten-ing, multilevel and overarching relations are to a certain extent dependent on the accumulation of perceptions among East Africans about China. China-Africa social science literature has pointed out that China has both a favourable and unfavourable image in East Africa. These studies however exhibit a certain level of vagueness from a communication perspective in so…
Forum: China’s Silk Road Economic Belt: African perspectives and implications
This forum piece seeks to probe the connection between China and Africa regarding the current Chinese concept dubbed the “Silk Road Economic Belt”, variously referred to by such synonyms such as “new Silk Road”, “Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road”, “Chinese and 21st-Century New Silk Road” and “Silk Road of the Sea”. What are the historical antecedents of the African dimension of this new Chinese zeitgeist? How is Africa featuring in the embryonic …
Emerging trends and patterns in China–Africa media dynamics: A discussion from an East African perspective
Academic considerations of African communications, media and journalism are in their embryonic stages, to the extent that they trail other strands of engagement within highly dynamic China–Africa relations. Yet, media reporting of China by Chinese, African and global media have been in flux since the inauguration of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in 2000. Three layers of perspective on China–Africa media confluences are discernible…
The Media Framing of China’s Image in East Africa: An Exploratory Study
Sino-East African relations are very significant for the continent. These tighten-ing, multilevel and overarching relations are to a certain extent dependent on the accumulation of perceptions among East Africans about China. China-Africa social science literature has pointed out that China has both a favourable and unfavourable image in East Africa. These studies however exhibit a certain level of vagueness from a communication perspective in so…
Whose event? Official versus journalistic framing of the fifth Forum on China Africa Cooperation (Focac V)
The article contributes to the fledgling literature in the China–Africa communications field by approaching the topic from the perspective of an event – the fifth conference of the Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC V). It proposes that by analysing FOCAC V specifically, and the FOCAC phenomenon generally, new and interesting insights might be gained into the interests of the various players – namely, Chinese officials, African officials an…
Forum: China’s Silk Road Economic Belt: African perspectives and implications
This forum piece seeks to probe the connection between China and Africa regarding the current Chinese concept dubbed the “Silk Road Economic Belt”, variously referred to by such synonyms such as “new Silk Road”, “Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road”, “Chinese and 21st-Century New Silk Road” and “Silk Road of the Sea”. What are the historical antecedents of the African dimension of this new Chinese zeitgeist? How is Africa featuring in the embryonic …
New directions in the study of Africa-China media and communications engagements
The Africa–China media and communications field is a nascent but rapidly growing one. This paper provides an overview of the field, followed by a discussion of the theoretical pathways that can be considered as productive in taking the field forward. The paper argues for the need for rigorous theory-building approaches, and makes some suggestions about how this field of study can be developed. The paper concludes with a discussion of potential fu…
Introduction to the special issue: Digital diplomacy in Africa
KEYWORDS: Introductiondigital diplomacyAfricae-diplomacyinternational knowledge structurediaspora diplomacyAfrican Union
African digital diplomacy: Emergence, evolution, and the future
Digital diplomacy has become a major topic of international interdisciplinary analysis. Aimed at making an African contribution to knowledge, this article charts the emergence of digital diplomacy and presents evidence of unfolding practices and discussions in the African digital diplomacy sphere. The empirical segment of the article draws on data from 21 virtual sessions on African digital diplomacy, convened between July and August 2020 and inv…
Beyond De-Westernization: Transcultural Communication Studies Perspectives From the Global South — An Introduction
In recent times, the phrase has also come to denote and connote decolonization with the basic premise being that communication flows are continuously being reproduced through the critiqued notions, practices, and ideologies of Western colonialism.The concepts of cross-cultural and intercultural communication speak to the ideas around De-Westernization which the concept of transcultural communication liberatingly transcends.While these perspective…
China’s Footprint in East Africa: Pessimism versus Optimism
The Popular
Conclusion
Geopolitics
History
Tensions, Confrontations, and Consensus: WhatsApp Use in Kenyan Electoral Politics
Social media has enhanced culturally grounded debates and ethnicity-based exclusionism during Kenya's WhatsApp group deliberations. These practices are often more pronounced during elections when WhatsApp becomes a social media platform of choice for various groups. Exclusionism takes at least two vectors. On the one hand, tensions and confrontations emerge as electoral deliberations proceed. On the other hand, consensus on WhatsApp spaces also e…
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (10 works) · China (9 works) · Law (8 works) · African history and culture studies (6 works) · International Development and Aid (6 works) · China's Global Influence and Migration (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works)