May 2023

Social media engagement and democracy: Understanding the impact of social media on youth civic engagement in Tanzania

This study examined how the use of social media among youth influences their offline civic participation outside the election period in Tanzania. Unlike previous studies, this study used multidimensional aspects of civic participation.  Civic participation was studied using the concurrent qualitative dominant mixed-methods approach. The study conducted four focus group discussions (FGD) with the aid of an FGD guide...

Author(s): Rajendran J. Britto