Political crime

Are you SLACKTIVIST? Facebook’s spaces of political participation in Uganda. As a student of Social media psychology let me share with my readers some of the predominant traits and characteristics of Facebook spaces use in Uganda for political participation. The choice the of subject of politics and Facebook social media platform for mediation are motivated by the fact that the most central topic on Facebook tend to be political. Facebook is by far a platform with the capacity to mould public discourse in simple terms Facebook is a platform for political deliberation and democratic decision-making. In order to help you identify the specific characteristics of people who use Facebook spaces of participation, I will introduce these three terms and later explain it with our local Ugandan context. 1. Slacktivism 2. Flaming wars 3. Deliberation Everyone who participates on Facebook belongs to one or more of the mentioned characteristics, the starting point is a post or an a...