Type of Resource:
Book Chapter

Year of Publication:
2019

Indicators:
- Trends


Themes:
- Internet Access, Affordability And Use

Author(s): Nancy Mazuru

This chapter examines the nexus between social media, infidelity and domestic violence in Zimbabwe, specifically in the second decade of the new millennium. The contemporary world has seen the gigantic proliferation of social media in various spheres of life. The digital epoch has been growing the interest in designing technologies that mediate and create a feeling of relatedness within interpersonal relationships beyond the explicit verbal communication (Hertlein and Ancheta, 2014). Communication technologies such as cell phones, the internet, and social networking sites have become a central feature in people’s lives as tools for establishing and maintaining these relationships

URL
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvh9vx65?turn_away=true&Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=cybercrime&searchText=in&searchText=africa&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3Fpagemark%3DcGFnZU1hcms9NQ%253D%253D%26amp%3BsearchType%3DfacetSearch%26amp%3Bsd%3D2013%26amp%3Bed%3D2019%26amp%3BQuery%3Dcybercrime%2Bin%2Bafrica%26amp%3Brefreqid%3Dsearch%253A6f7ef1de86aa1f8288cf0c88f33cae56&ab_segments=0%2Fdefault-2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=search%3Abe622ef5e5b2e5e3d7bd6562dbe28278

Region of Study:
South Africa,

Country of Study:
Zimbabwe,

Study Quality
Medium