Toplumsal hareketler, direniş ve medya uygulamaları: Gine Cumhuriyeti'ndeki sosyopolitik çatışmalar ve eşitsizlik

Over the past 20 years, Africa has experienced major political crises and intense protests. These political crises sometimes take forms that are difficult to understand. From climate change and the food crisis to the questioning of the quality of democracy and the type of regime that citizens themselves are trying to define, there is no doubt that much remains to be done. Since 2010, Guinea has been grappling with structural crises after elections, both political and ethnic, and has seen hundreds of demonstrations. It is clear that strategies to gain power and influence have taken precedence over justice, and that social inequalities have been sidelined. The lack of trust between political parties and the government, with local media sometimes seen as too partisan, paves the way for a new category of actors to assert themselves in the digital public sphere. This study provides a detailed analysis of social movements in Guinea based on field research. Through a sequential mixed explanatory study, a survey of 350 respondents was conducted between 2019 and 2021, and in-depth interviews with 25 respondents were conducted to further explain the findings of the quantitative study. In conclusion, this study addresses a number of endogenous factors that have led to instability in the Republic of Guinea and seeks to explain the relationship between endogenous and exogenous factors and the possibilities and capacities of social movements for resistance, media opportunities and sources of social inequality.