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Book Synopsis.- Introduction: The Contours of Social Media Trauma.- Nick Mdika Tembo.- 1. #TextTheThief and the Era of Subtle Violence on Ugandan Social Media Platforms: A Case of X Isaac Tibasiima.- 2. Confronting Silence: Kenyan Women Narrating Female Health Traumas on Social Media Jacqueline Ojiambo.- 3. Information Seeking on Social Media as a Coping Mechanism During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malawi Peter Mhagama.- 4. Social Media, Xenophobia and Trauma in South Africa Limukani Mathe.- 5. Gukurahundi Memory, Trauma, and Social Media: Exploring Zimbabwean Women’s Experiences of Genocidal Gendered Violence Mediated in Online Documentaries Mphathisi Ndlovu, Nonhlanhla Ndlovu and Nkosini Khupe.- 6. ‘Covering Police or Military is Like Entering a Dock’: Experiences of and Responses to Trauma among Uganda Female Journalists Gerald Walulya and Ivan Lukanda.- 7. Status Update Phenomenon: Trauma in WhatsApp Status Updates among Spouses Serah Kasembeli.- 8. Encountering Trauma Online: Perspectives on Platform Vulnerabilities and Wounding Experiences of Kenyan Social Media Users Denish Odanga and James Ogone.- 9. Cyberbullying and the TikTok Lives of Gender and Sexual Minorities in South Africa and Zimbabwe Gibson Ncube.- 10. Consequences of My Actions: Versions of Perpetrator Trauma in Nigerian YouTube Videos Nick Mdika Tembo.
