The globalisation of the pavement: a Tanzanian case study

This article, published in the Glocal Times, discusses examples of citizen media production and communication (blogs and social media sites in Tanzania and its diasporas) in the immediate aftermath of the Gongo la Mboto explosions in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in February 2011. The authors argue that Tanzanian engagement in 'new media' can be seen as an extension and amplification of traditional modes of information sharing and news production, with traditional oral and collaborative processes of news production adapting towards the digital.