Internet Use and Understanding Democracy in Africa
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Keywords
Internet news; Democracy; Misunderstanding of Democracy; Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
- L6 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
- Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ICT-2025-04-14 (Information and Communication Technologies)
- NEP-POL-2025-04-14 (Positive Political Economics)
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