Apologies for cross posting *Out now* Bruce Mustvairo and Massimo Ragnedda, *Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa. A Mediated Analysis. *Amsterdam University Press https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789462986855/mapping-the-digital-divide-in-afric... *Description* Despite issues associated with the digital divide, mobile telephony is growing on the continent and the rise of smartphones has given citizens easy access to social networking sites. But the digital divide, which mostly reflects on one's race, gender, socioeconomic status or geographical location, stands in the way of digital progress. What opportunities are available to tame digital disparities? How are different societies in Africa handling digital problems? What innovative methods are being used to provide citizens with access to critical information that can help improve their lives? Experiences from various locations in several sub-Saharan African countries have been carefully selected in this collection with the aim of providing an updated account on the digital divide and its impact in Africa. *Reviews* "For many years ‘the digital divide’ has been a catchphrase, often with little analytical content. This book provides studies of how the concept can be understood within an African context. The different contributions address problems related to digital opportunities as well as inhibitions to growth; thus, it has implications for how to comprehend technological, political, economic, social, and cultural development in a wider world. Of particular importance is that the book provides a theoretical understanding as well as an account of the impact of different technologies such as mobile phones." - *Helge Rønning, Professor*, Department of Media and Communications, University of Oslo, Norway "You need to take a different perspective of both the digital divide and Africa to understand the complexity of social and digital inequality in Africa. The digital divide is different in every part of the world. Reading this book you will grasp the complexity of the social, cultural and political affairs of Africa that are reinforcing the digital divide. Surprisingly, while mobile telephony is booming here, ICTs are in fact only reinforcing existing social inequality." - *Jan A.G.M. van Dijk, Professor*, Department of Communication, University of Twente, the Netherlands "This is a timely and much-needed collection that fills an important gap in the literature. It offers excellent conceptual tools and a selection of case studies that provide a useful map of the digital divide across the African continent and between Africa and the rest of the world. I especially appreciate the editors’ efforts to address African issues on their own terms and to problematize interpretive paradigms from the global north. It is a book that many will look forward to reading. I will recommend it to my students." - *Pier Paolo Frassinelli, Professor,* School of Communication, University of Johannesburg, South Africa ______________ *Massimo Ragnedda* <http://northumbria.academia.edu/MassimoRagnedda> Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication Squires Building 306f, Northumbria University, NE8 1ST Newcastle (UK) Tel: 01912437444 Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University <http://www.journ.msu.ru/eng/news/27610/> Most recent books: Bruce Mutsvairo and Massimo Ragnedda eds (2019) Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa. A Mediated Analysis. <https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789462986855/mapping-the-digital-divide-in-africa> Amsterdam University Press Massimo Ragnedda and Bruce Mutsvairo, eds (2018) *Digital Inclusion. An International Comparative Analysis <https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498562126/Digital-Inclusion-An-International-Comparative-Analysis>*, Lexington Books. Massimo Ragnedda and Glenn Muschert, eds (2018) *Theorizing Digital Divide* <http://bit.ly/2y9WSLm>, Routledge Massimo Ragnedda (2017) *The Third Digital Divide: A Weberian approach to digital inequalities* <http://bit.ly/2f8FObg>, Routledge. Latest articles: Massimo Ragnedda (2018) Conceptualizing Digital Capital <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585318309316?via%3Dihub>, Telematics and Informatics Massimo Ragnedda and Hanna Kreitem (2018), The three lelves of digital divide in East EU countries <http://worldofmedia.ru/volumes/2018/The%20three%20levels%20of%20digital%20divide.pdf>, World of Media Vice chair of Digital Divide Working Group, IAMCR <https://iamcr.org/s-wg/working-group/DID> Co-convenors of NINSO (Northumbria Internet and Society Research Group <https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/northumbria-law-school/law-research/ninso-the-northumbria-internet-and-society-research-interest-group/> )