E-Government for an Inclusive Society

2008 ◽  
pp. 254-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Millard
Keyword(s):  
User Experiences ◽  
User Access ◽  
Inclusive Society

This paper examines the role of eGovernment in supporting an inclusive society by focusing on how government and eGovernment services are used, and who uses them. In this context, the socio-economic and other characteristics of users and non-users of eGovernment services are examined, as is the importance of the different user access channels, including the digital channel, and the consequences this has. The focus is also on user experiences of eGovernment and the role of human intermediaries in delivering services. In each case, the benefits and challenges of eGovernment for an inclusive society are documented and analyzed. Finally, conclusions are drawn concerning appropriate inclusion policy.

scholarly journals IT General Controls Testing: Assessing the Effectiveness of User Access Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine Lee ◽  
Rebecca Sawyer
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Access Management ◽  
Graduate Level ◽  
General Control ◽  
Accounting Information Systems ◽  
User Access ◽  
It Audit

ABSTRACT The verification of Information Technology (IT) controls is a core responsibility of IT auditors. This case places the student in the role of an IT auditor assigned to test the operating effectiveness of a specific IT general control: user access management. In addition to learning about IT controls, the case introduces several Excel functions such as VLOOKUP, MATCH, INDEX, and various text functions. The student documents the results of the IT controls tests by completing a testing matrix and writing a memo. General controls, user access management, and Excel applications are all topics taught in Accounting Information Systems (AIS) and Audit courses. As such, instructors can use this case at the undergraduate or graduate level in an IT Audit, Accounting Information Systems, or Audit class.

Ethical Appraisal of the Role of Civil Society in Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Essien D. Essien
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Significant Implication ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Inclusive Society

Contemporary studies surrounding the creation of civil society in Africa have revealed two important findings. First, despite the effort of civil society organizations in supporting inclusive democratic governance, promoting participation, advocating for transparency and accountability, sustainable development and stability remain elusive due to the challenges of social exclusion. Second, institutions central to the exercise of governmental powers exhibit inefficiency, weakness, lack transparency, and low credibility which worsen extreme poverty, inequality, and deprivation. Drawing upon extensive contemporary literature on social exclusion and inclusive growth, this study examines the role of civil society organisations as a pathway for social inclusion and sustainable development. Findings reveal that the management and distribution of services in the Nigerian society is largely inefficient and exclusionary, leading to myriad of social problems. This study has a significant implication for cumulative research on the subject of inclusive society and sustainable development.

scholarly journals Queer women’s experiences of patchwork platform governance on Tinder, Instagram, and Vine

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Duguay ◽  
Jean Burgess ◽  
Nicolas Suzor
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Recommendation Systems ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
User Experiences ◽  
Platform Governance ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Cross Platform

Leaked documents, press coverage, and user protests have increasingly drawn attention to social media platforms’ seemingly contradictory governance practices. We investigate the governance approaches of Tinder, Instagram, and Vine through detailed analyses of each platform, using the ‘walkthrough method’ (Light, Burgess, and Duguay, 2016 The walkthrough method: An approach to the study of apps. New Media & Society 20(3).), as well as interviews with their queer female users. Across these three platforms, we identify a common approach we call ‘patchwork platform governance’: one that relies on formal policies and content moderation mechanisms but pays little attention to dominant platform technocultures (including both developer cultures and cultures of use) and their sustaining architectures. Our analysis of these platforms and reported user experiences shows that formal governance measures like Terms of Service and flagging mechanisms did not protect users from harassment, discrimination, and censorship. Key components of the platforms’ architectures, including cross-platform connectivity, hashtag filtering, and algorithmic recommendation systems, reinforced these technocultures. This significantly limited queer women’s ability to participate and be visible on these platforms, as they often self-censored to avoid harassment, reduced the scope of their activities, or left the platform altogether. Based on these findings, we argue that there is a need for platforms to take more systematic approaches to governance that comprehensively consider the role of a platform’s architecture in shaping and sustaining dominant technocultures.

Ethical Appraisal of the Role of Civil Society in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 938-954
Author(s):  
Essien D. Essien
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Significant Implication ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Inclusive Society

Contemporary studies surrounding the creation of civil society in Africa have revealed two important findings. First, despite the effort of civil society organizations in supporting inclusive democratic governance, promoting participation, advocating for transparency and accountability, sustainable development and stability remain elusive due to the challenges of social exclusion. Second, institutions central to the exercise of governmental powers exhibit inefficiency, weakness, lack transparency, and low credibility which worsen extreme poverty, inequality, and deprivation. Drawing upon extensive contemporary literature on social exclusion and inclusive growth, this study examines the role of civil society organisations as a pathway for social inclusion and sustainable development. Findings reveal that the management and distribution of services in the Nigerian society is largely inefficient and exclusionary, leading to myriad of social problems. This study has a significant implication for cumulative research on the subject of inclusive society and sustainable development.

scholarly journals Manipulating and controlling for personality effects on visualization tasks

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvitta Ottley ◽  
R Jordan Crouser ◽  
Caroline Ziemkiewicz ◽  
Remco Chang
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Human Computer Interaction ◽  
System Design ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
User Experiences ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Visual Interface ◽  
Computer Interaction ◽  
Observed Behavior

Researchers in human–computer interaction and visualization have recently been challenged to develop a better understanding of users’ underlying cognitive processes in order to improve system design and evaluation. While existing studies lay a critical foundation for understanding the role of cognitive processes and individual differences in visualization, concretizing the intuition that each user experiences a visual interface through an individual cognitive lens is only half the battle. In this article, we investigate the impact of manipulating users’ personality on observed behavior when using a visualization. In a targeted study, we demonstrate that personality priming can result in changes in behavior when interacting with visualizations. We then discuss how this and similar techniques could be used to control for personality effects when designing and evaluating visualizations systems.

scholarly journals Quality of Experience in 6G Networks: Outlook and Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Abd-Elhamid M. Taha
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Networks ◽  
Quality Of Experience ◽  
Low Latency ◽  
User Experiences ◽  
And Topology ◽  
Sixth Generation ◽  
High Bandwidth ◽  
Critical Characteristics

In this paper, we discuss the critical characteristics of user experience in sixth generation (6G) cellular networks. We first describe cellular networks’ evolution through 5G and then discuss the enabling technologies and projected services in 6G networks. We note that these networks are markedly centered around expanded intelligence, end-to-end resource and topology synchronization, and the intrinsic support to low-latency, high-bandwidth communication. These capabilities make context-rich, cyberphysical user experiences viable. It thereby becomes necessary to define and identify the role of quality of experience in 6G networks, especially when it comes to network management. We elaborate on these expected challenges and allude to viable opportunities in emerging technologies.

Cross-blockchain protocol for public registries

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 571-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleksii Konashevych
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Public Key Cryptography ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Primary Method ◽  
Access Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
User Access

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a concept of the protocol for public registries based on blockchain. New database protocol aims to use the benefits of blockchain technologies and ensure their interoperability. Design/methodology/approach This paper is framed with design science research (DSR). The primary method is exaptation, i.e. adoption of solutions from other fields. The research is looking into existing technologies which are applied here as elements of the protocol: Name-Value Storage (NVS), Berkley DB, RAID protocol, among others. The choice of NVS as a reference technology for creating a database over blockchain is based on the analysis and comparison with two other similar technologies Bigchain and Amazon QLDB. Findings The proposed mechanism allows creating a standard database over a bundle of distributed ledgers. It ensures a blockchain agnostic approach and uses the benefits of various blockchain technologies in one ecosystem. In this scheme, blockchains play the role of journal storages (immutable log), whereas the overlaid database is the indexed storage. The distinctive feature of such a system is that in blockchain, users can perform peer-to-peer transactions directly in the ledger using blockchain native mechanism of user access management with public-key cryptography (blockchain does not require to administrate its database). Originality/value This paper presents a new method of creating a public peer-to-peer database across a bundle of distributed ledgers.

scholarly journals ACTIVITIES OF REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-113
Author(s):  
E.N. Yakovleva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Inclusive Society ◽  
International Instruments

The article investigates the features of regional mechanisms of protection of the rights of persons with disabilities, created by intergovernmental organizations in the Asia-Pacific region; analyzes the main regional human rights documents in force in this area; highlights pressing issues of protection of the rights of this category of population, typical for the countries of Asia and the Pacific. Despite the interest of legal science in the field of disability, the issue of protecting the rights of persons with disabilities remains underresearched by regional international organizations. The methodological basis of the study is the comparative legal, formal legal methods. The work analyzes the international sources of regional organizations that have not previously been the subject of scientific research on the issues raised by this article. As a result of the study, the conclusion is drawn on the programmatic nature of international instruments of regional organizations in the Asia-Pacific region, the need for States to strengthen social policy taking into account the concept of ensuring the inclusion of the interests of persons with disabilities, the important role of the UN regional commissions in promoting the principles of inclusive society, enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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