Gender and ICTs in Zamibia

The Internet ◽

Economic Empowerment ◽

Real Situation

This article looks at gender equality combined with social and economic empowerment within the context of information communication technologies (ICTs). It discusses rhetoric surrounding the promotion of ICTs as tools for social and economic empowerment and subsequently challenges whether such rhetoric does mirror the real situation on the ground, especially as it relates to developing countries like Zambia. The main focus is underprivileged women, especially those in rural areas, and how access, or indeed the lack of it, to ICTs like the Internet and mobile phones does actually affect their daily existence.

Models of and approaches to the station management of six African community radio broadcasters

MedieKultur Journal of media and communication research ◽

10.7146/mediekultur.v28i52.5489 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 28 (52) ◽

pp. 21

Author(s):

Linje Manyozo ◽

Goretti Nassanga Linda ◽

Claudia Lopes

Keyword(s):

Digital Divide ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

The Internet ◽

Community Radio ◽

New Information ◽

African Community ◽

Radio Management

<p>This article is a political economy critique that contributes to current scholarship on community radio and development by examining the question of the management of six networks from Mali, Mozambique and Uganda. This discussion argues that understanding the models and functions of management committees will go a long way towards contributing to conversations on how community radios could achieve social, institutional, financial and ideological sustainability. The article also examines how management committees approach their work in the age of new Information Communication Technologies (especially mobile phones, computers and the Internet), and whether there is a gender digital divide within such committees. At the centre of the<br />current discussion, therefore, is an attempt to understand the flow and contestation of power within community radio management committees.</p>

Building and Connecting to Online Communities for Action

E-Politics and Organizational Implications of the Internet ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0966-2.ch008 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 114-132

Author(s):

Philippa Collin

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Young People ◽

Case Studies ◽

Critical Analysis ◽

The Internet ◽

Original Research ◽

The United Kingdom

Young people are using information communication technologies (ICT) for new forms of political participation. At the same time, government and non-government organisations are looking to the internet to implement policies designed to engage young people in democracy. This raises the question of what forms of e-citizenship are being imposed on young people and are these same forms being pursued by young people themselves? Coleman (2008) has suggested that programs tend to promote autonomous or managed forms and argues for a ‘productive convergence’ that can facilitate democratic e-citizenship. Using original research, this article presents two case studies of such a ‘productive convergence’ and argues that what is particularly powerful in such e-citizenship programs is that they facilitate young people’s connection to existing networks as well as the building of new communities for action. This article presents a critical analysis of how organisations and young people in Australia and the United Kingdom view and use the internet for participation and considers the extent to which there is increased democratising potential in these e-citizenship programs.

Overlooking Organizational Culture

Handbook of Research on E-Government in Emerging Economies ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0324-0.ch022 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 440-454

Author(s):

David Wachira

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Organizational Culture ◽

Organizational Changes ◽

Government Programs ◽

Major Factors ◽

Successes And Failures

The growth of the information communication technologies (ICTs) has fostered the adoption of e-government across the globe. E-government offers many benefits to developing countries. However, these countries are often plagued with problems that inhibit the implementation of e-government initiatives. As a result, research in e-government has attempted to offer solutions by listing the factors that influence the success and failures of e-government initiatives. The argument is made here, however, that by failing to consider the internal complexities unique to developing countries, these factors only offer palliative solutions to problem. Furthermore, these factors overlook the role that organizational culture plays in influencing the success or failure of e-government initiatives. Following existing literature in e-government, this research will highlight some the major factors listed for e-government successes and failures in developing countries. It will also show how influential organizational culture is in understanding the organizational changes proposed by e-government programs as well as how it has been overlooked in much of the existing literature.

Academics’ ICT Capabilities in a New Educational Paradigm in Developing Countries

Enterprise Resource Planning Models for the Education Sector ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-2193-0.ch002 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 18-32

Author(s):

Agnes Chigona ◽

Rabelani Dagada

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

New Technologies ◽

Tertiary Institutions ◽

Educational Paradigm ◽

Effective Use ◽

New Education

Tertiary institutions in the developing countries are investing a lot in equipping their institutions with Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for teaching and learning. However, there is still a low adoption rate in the use of the new technologies among many academics in these countries. This chapter aims at analysing the factors that impact on the academics’ effective use of ICTs for teaching and learning in the new education paradigm. Sen’s Capability Approach was used as a conceptual lens to examine the academics’ phenomena. Data was collected through in-depth interviews. The analysis of the findings has shown that individual, social, and environmental factors are preventing some academics from realising their potential capabilities from using the new technologies. It is recommended, therefore, that institutions in the developing countries should look into, and deal with accordingly, the conversion factors that are impacting on the academics’ capabilities when utilising the new technologies.

Building and Connecting to Online Communities for Action

International Journal of E-Politics ◽

10.4018/jep.2010070101 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 1-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Philippa Collin

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Young People ◽

Case Studies ◽

Critical Analysis ◽

The Internet ◽

Original Research ◽

The United Kingdom

Young people are using information communication technologies (ICT) for new forms of political participation. At the same time, government and non-government organisations are looking to the internet to implement policies designed to engage young people in democracy. This raises the question of what forms of e-citizenship are being imposed on young people and are these same forms being pursued by young people themselves? Coleman (2008) has suggested that programs tend to promote autonomous or managed forms and argues for a ‘productive convergence’ that can facilitate democratic e-citizenship. Using original research, this article presents two case studies of such a ‘productive convergence’ and argues that what is particularly powerful in such e-citizenship programs is that they facilitate young people’s connection to existing networks as well as the building of new communities for action. This article presents a critical analysis of how organisations and young people in Australia and the United Kingdom view and use the internet for participation and considers the extent to which there is increased democratising potential in these e-citizenship programs.

Crime, Security, and Information Communication Technologies

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199680832.013.65 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

David S. Wall

Keyword(s):

System Development ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

The Internet ◽

Crime Investigation ◽

Future Society ◽

Technological Developments ◽

Broad Variety

Networked digital technologies have transformed crime to a point that ‘cybercrime’ is here to stay. In the future, society will be forced to respond to a broad variety of networked crimes that will increase both the complexity of crime investigation and prevention, whilst also deepening the regulative challenges. As cybercrime has become an inescapable feature of the Internet landscape, constructive management and system development to mitigate cybercrime threats and harms are imperatives. This chapter explores the changing cybersecurity threat landscape and its implications for regulation and policing. It considers how networked and digital technologies have affected society and crime; it identifies how the cybersecurity threat and crime landscape have changed and considers how digital technologies affect our ability to regulate them. It also suggests how we might understand cybercrime before outlining both the technological developments that will drive future cybercrime and also the consequences of failing to respond to those changes.

Moving Towards E-Government in a Developing Society

Electronic Government ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-947-2.ch148 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1953-1969

Author(s):

Princely Ifinedo

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Information Systems ◽

New Technology ◽

Is Research ◽

The World ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Developing Society

The use of information communication technologies (ICT) in governance is growing rapidly in many parts of the world. Developing countries in Africa are also making efforts to harness the new technology. In this chapter, we review the problems, progress, and prospects of e-government in Nigeria, a sub-Saharan African (SSA) country. Governments in the developing countries of SSA can benefit from e-government initiatives, as do their counterparts in advanced nations, when the concept of e-governments in SSA is understood, and concerted efforts are committed towards institutionalizing it in the region. This chapter provided useful insights in this regard. We discussed the contribution of the chapter to information systems (IS) research, and we highlighted the lessons from Nigeria for comparable nations in the SSA region as they prepare for e-government.

Experiences in Collaboration in Distance Education from the Caribbean, Looking Beyond Electronic

Handbook of Research on Electronic Collaboration and Organizational Synergy ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-106-3.ch005 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 54-73

Author(s):

Christine Marrett

Keyword(s):

Distance Education ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Human Resource Development ◽

Tertiary Education ◽

Tertiary Level ◽

Institutional Collaboration ◽

The Caribbean

Information communication technologies (ICTs) have facilitated institutional collaboration in distance education. Based on the study, Institutional collaboration in distance education at the tertiary level in the small, developing countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean: To what extent does it enhance human resource development? (Marrett, 2006), the author examines the experiences in the Caribbean between 1982 and 2002. She explores not only the role played by ICTs, but also some of the issues that arise beyond those presented by the technology, highlighting aspects that need attention in order to ensure successful institutional collaboration in tertiary education, and makes recommendations to overcome the challenges.

Overlooking Organizational Culture

Digital Democracy ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-1740-7.ch073 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 1461-1475

Author(s):

David Wachira

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Organizational Culture ◽

Organizational Changes ◽

Government Programs ◽

Major Factors ◽

Successes And Failures

The growth of the information communication technologies (ICTs) has fostered the adoption of e-government across the globe. E-government offers many benefits to developing countries. However, these countries are often plagued with problems that inhibit the implementation of e-government initiatives. As a result, research in e-government has attempted to offer solutions by listing the factors that influence the success and failures of e-government initiatives. The argument is made here, however, that by failing to consider the internal complexities unique to developing countries, these factors only offer palliative solutions to problem. Furthermore, these factors overlook the role that organizational culture plays in influencing the success or failure of e-government initiatives. Following existing literature in e-government, this research will highlight some the major factors listed for e-government successes and failures in developing countries. It will also show how influential organizational culture is in understanding the organizational changes proposed by e-government programs as well as how it has been overlooked in much of the existing literature.