Rethinking Information Privacy in a “Connected” World

Information Privacy ◽

Emerging Democracies

The emergence and usage of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) by states, institutions and individuals has challenged and created a shift in the normative idea of privacy from rights to solitude. Consequently, this chapter sought to ascertain if emerging democracies and economies such as South Africa and Nigeria have privacy frameworks that adequately guarantee and protect the privacy of their citizens in this globalized era. Using policy analysis, this chapter argues that although the privacy provisions in South Africa are comprehensive, the privacy framework fails to address the privacy leak associated with the usage of these ICTs. Whereas, in Nigeria, it was observed that the privacy framework is inadequate as there are no specific privacy provisions, thus the assertion that Nigerians have no privacy in this globalized era of connectivity.

Exploring the Dynamics of Consumerism in Developing Nations - Advances in Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, and E-Services ◽

Facilitating Consumers' Adoption of E-Government in South Africa

10.4018/978-1-5225-7906-9.ch011 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 243-265

Author(s):

Richard Shambare

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Supply Side ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Government Programs ◽

Governance Systems ◽

The Government

This chapter examines the diffusion and adoption of electronic governance systems (e-government) in South Africa. The purpose of the chapter is to determine how the supply side in South Africa has facilitated consumers' adoption of e-government. To achieve this objective, an extensive review of the literature encapsulating e-government, South African public services, information communication technologies (ICTs), and commerce was conducted. Findings revealed interesting results. First among many was that e-government is viewed by the government as a panacea to a plethora of socio-economic problems facing the country. It was further revealed that e-government initiatives at the municipality level are quite instrumental in driving the e-government agenda in South Africa. Of note, municipalities have rolled out various e-government programs. As a result, the country's overall e-government rankings were observed to have significantly improved in the recent past. The chapter concludes by highlighting several opportunities through which e-government could be further strengthened.

Consumer Adoption of E-Government in South Africa

Open Government ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-9860-2.ch096 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 2082-2110

Author(s):

Richard Shambare

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Public Sector ◽

South African ◽

Public Services ◽

Extensive Review ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Governance Systems

This chapter examines South African consumers' patterns of adoption of electronic governance systems. Three elements related to e-government adoption are examined. Firstly, the development of e-government in South Africa is explored. Secondly, the chapter investigates the barriers constraining the public's utilisation of e-gov. Thirdly, suggestions on how e-government initiatives could be better aligned to the Principles of Batho Pele, or people-centred governance, are proffered. To achieve the first objective, an extensive review of the literature encapsulating e-government, South African public services, information communication technologies and commerce is conducted. To achieve the second objective, a survey of 349 consumers from two South African provinces was conducted to explore barriers associated with e-gov adoption. Findings show that although the Batho Pele Principles are pronounced in public sector organisations' missions, their implementation within e-gov still remains a challenge. A plethora of challenges were observed to retard e-government adoption.

Advances in Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, and E-Services - Handbook of Research on Consumerism and Buying Behavior in Developing Nations ◽

Consumer Adoption of E-Government in South Africa

10.4018/978-1-5225-0282-1.ch009 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 190-217 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Richard Shambare

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Public Sector ◽

South African ◽

Public Services ◽

Extensive Review ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Governance Systems

This chapter examines South African consumers' patterns of adoption of electronic governance systems. Three elements related to e-government adoption are examined. Firstly, the development of e-government in South Africa is explored. Secondly, the chapter investigates the barriers constraining the public's utilisation of e-gov. Thirdly, suggestions on how e-government initiatives could be better aligned to the Principles of Batho Pele, or people-centred governance, are proffered. To achieve the first objective, an extensive review of the literature encapsulating e-government, South African public services, information communication technologies and commerce is conducted. To achieve the second objective, a survey of 349 consumers from two South African provinces was conducted to explore barriers associated with e-gov adoption. Findings show that although the Batho Pele Principles are pronounced in public sector organisations' missions, their implementation within e-gov still remains a challenge. A plethora of challenges were observed to retard e-government adoption.

Distributive justice and information communication technologies in higher education in South Africa

South African Journal of Higher Education ◽

10.4314/sajhe.v16i1.25269 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

I Broekman ◽

P Enslin ◽

S Pendlebury

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

South Africa ◽

Distributive Justice ◽

Information Communication

Engendering communication: a perspective on ICT access and usage in Africa

Info ◽

10.1108/14636691111131493 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 125-141 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Anne Milek ◽

Christoph Stork ◽

Alison Gillwald

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Focus Group ◽

African Countries ◽

Content Type ◽

Qualitative Understanding ◽

Education And Employment

PurposeInformation communication technologies (ICTs) are widely seen as having the potential to contribute positively to economic growth and development and to improve the livelihoods and quality of life of individuals and households and yet access to ICTs and usage of them remains highly inequitable. This paper aims to identify areas of inequality in access to ICTs between men and women in Africa.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on the Research ICT Africa (RIA) household and individual ICT survey conducted in 17 African countries between 2007/2008 the paper provides an empirical basis for assessing gender dimensions of ICT access and usage. Additionally, focus group studies were conducted in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda to gain a greater qualitative understanding of access to and usage of ICTs from a gender perspective.FindingsAlthough the results confirmed in many countries the widely held belief that men have greater access to ICTs than women in some instances more women than men owned mobile phones such as in South Africa and Mozambique. In Cameroon women were found to have greater knowledge of the internet than their male counterparts. Most significantly perhaps is the finding that when women have similar income, education and employment status they have comparable access to ICTs as their male counterparts. However, as women generally do not have the same access to those core factors that enhance ICT access and usage, their access to ICT is generally lower.Originality/valueThe quantitative as well as focus group results of this study confirm gender differences in access to ICTs, raising important questions about the points of policy intervention to redress such imbalances.

Information Communication Technologies, Families, and Psychotherapy: A Cross-National Survey

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e639502012-001 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Gonzalo Bacigalupe ◽

Maria Camara

Keyword(s):

National Survey ◽

Cross National

The use of Information Technology as Tools of Developing Educational Communications for Realizing the Personal Potential of University Students

Siberian Pedagogical Journal ◽

10.15293/1813-4718.2006.08 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 81-92

Author(s):

Andrey Ivanovich Shutenko ◽

◽

Elena Nikolaevn Shutenko ◽

Julia Petrovna Derevyanko ◽

◽

...

Keyword(s):

Developmental Model ◽

Learning Activity ◽

Theoretical Terms ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Leading Role ◽

Informational Environment

The article is devoted to the problem of educational communications development as a sphere of implementation of modern information-communication technologies in the higher education system. The purpose of the article is to present the structure and functions of educational communications aimed at the development of personal potential and self-realization of students. Methodology. The study is based on the methodology of personal and communicative-informational approaches in education, psychological-pedagogical provisions on the structure of communication, the leading role of learning activity, didactic principles of building an educational-informational environment. In theoretical terms, the study is based on the idea of the indirect implementation of ICT in education through the development of educational communications. The developing structure of educational communications, including didactic, informational-gnostic, interactive, psychological, attractive-motivational, value-semantic components, is presented. The possibilities of developing personal potential in educational communications are considered. The author’s developmental model of ICT functions is presented, which includes clusters of actual and latent functions aimed at the formation of information-educational space for the development of students’ personal potential. In conclusion, a inference was made about the prospects of the indirect introduction of modern ICT as tools for the development and functioning of various educational communications. At the same time, it is essential that these communications perform psychological and pedagogical tasks and functions.

Information & Communication Technologies - Panacea for Traffic Congestion?

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.550701 ◽

2002 ◽

Author(s):

Stefan Heng

Keyword(s):

Traffic Congestion ◽

Information Communication

The intercultural component in an EFL course-book package

Journal of Language and Cultural Education ◽

10.1515/jolace-2016-0031 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 178-203 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Zuzana Sándorová

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Research Method ◽

Communicative Competence ◽

Intercultural Communicative Competence ◽

Main Research ◽

Sociocultural Background

Abstract Along with mastery of the grammar and vocabulary of a given language, contemporary students are also expected to acquire intercultural communicative competence (ICC), i.e., the ability to use the language efficiently with regard to the sociocultural background of the communicative situation. This requirement should also be reflected in FL course-books, which are considered to be fundamental didactic tools in FL education, even in an era of information communication technologies. Therefore, the aim of the present paper is to report the results of the research focused on the investigation of intercultural component in the New Opportunities Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate course-book packages. To validate the findings of the content analysis, as the main research method, the method of triangulation was used, i.e., the results of the course-book package analyses were compared with those of observation and interview analyses. The findings of the research revealed that in the investigated course-book packages only some aspects of the intercultural component could be considered relevant because they were suitably treated.