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

Juma Kasadha

doi:10.1177/2056305120924785

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

Juma Kasadha^*

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Department of Media and Communication

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-13
Journal	Social Media and Society
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120924785
Publication status	Published - 16 Jun 2020

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Research Keywords

ICTs
reconciliation and community building
post-conflict societies
LRA and Northern Uganda

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