The Prospects of Mobile Government in Jordan

2011 ◽  
pp. 4187-4204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ala M. Abu-Samaha ◽  
Yara Abdel Samad
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Communication Channel ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Service ◽  
The Future ◽  
Government Initiative ◽  
The Web

This chapter aims to assess the viability of mobile governmental services in Jordan as a precursor to embracing mobile government as a complementing medium of communication. Re?ecting on Jordan’s experience with electronic governmental services, it is evident to say that the ?rst wave of electronic governmental services was delivered through the Web as the sole communication channel. Despite the success of a number of governmental entities to utilise such a communication channel, the penetration of the Internet in the Jordanian society is very low which dampens such limited cases of success. Currently, the e-government initiative is considering mobile phones for the future waves of its electronic service delivery on a multi-channel platform. This chapter articulates the concerns and issues surrounding the viability of mobile government in terms of availability of bandwidth and reach. The chapter will provide a number of statistics and other qualitative reviews concerning previous experiences in the Jordanian electronic government initiative.

The Prospects of Mobile Government in Jordan

2009 ◽  
pp. 1543-1561
Author(s):  
Ala M. Abu-Samaha ◽  
Yara Abdel Samad
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Communication Channel ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Service ◽  
The Future ◽  
Government Initiative ◽  
The Web

This chapter aims to assess the viability of mobile governmental services in Jordan as a precursor to embracing mobile government as a complementing medium of communication. Reflecting on Jordan’s experience with electronic governmental services, it is evident to say that the first wave of electronic governmental services was delivered through the Web as the sole communication channel. Despite the success of a number of governmental entities to utilise such a communication channel, the penetration of the Internet in the Jordanian society is very low which dampens such limited cases of success. Currently, the e-government initiative is considering mobile phones for the future waves of its electronic service delivery on a multi-channel platform. This chapter articulates the concerns and issues surrounding the viability of mobile government in terms of availability of bandwidth and reach. The chapter will provide a number of statistics and other qualitative reviews concerning previous experiences in the Jordanian electronic government initiative.

The Prospects of Mobile Government in Jordan

2007 ◽  
pp. 268-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ala M. Abu-Samaha ◽  
Yara Abdel Samad
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Communication Channel ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Service ◽  
The Future ◽  
Government Initiative ◽  
The Web

This chapter aims to assess the viability of mobile governmental services in Jordan as a precursor to embracing mobile government as a complementing medium of communication. Re?ecting on Jordan’s experience with electronic governmental services, it is evident to say that the ?rst wave of electronic governmental services was delivered through the Web as the sole communication channel. Despite the success of a number of governmental entities to utilise such a communication channel, the penetration of the Internet in the Jordanian society is very low which dampens such limited cases of success. Currently, the e-government initiative is considering mobile phones for the future waves of its electronic service delivery on a multi-channel platform. This chapter articulates the concerns and issues surrounding the viability of mobile government in terms of availability of bandwidth and reach. The chapter will provide a number of statistics and other qualitative reviews concerning previous experiences in the Jordanian electronic government initiative.

scholarly journals Challenges to the Jordanian Electronic Government Initiative

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ala M. Abu-Samaha ◽  
Yara Abdel Samad
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Communication Channel ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Limited Success ◽  
Government Initiative ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
The Web

This paper aims to present a number of key challenges to the Jordanian Electronic Government Initiative as a precursor to embracing mobile government (the future electronic governmental service provision). The first wave of electronic governmental services was delivered through the web as the sole communication channel. Despite the limited success of a small number of governmental entities to utilise such a communication channel, the very limited penetration of the Internet in Jordan has dampened such cases of success and pushed key decision makers at the Electronic Government Initiative to consider more popular alternative communication media. This paper reflects on Jordan’s past experience with electronic government to identify lessons learnt to be carried on to future mobile and second wave of electronic governmental service provisions.

The Internet according to kids

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Jorian Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Online Banking ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Future ◽  
Child Friendly ◽  
Over Time

Describes a six‐year study of children’s Internet usage which shows how preferences and habits have changed over time; this was conducted by SpectraCom Inc and Circle 1 network. Explains the research methodology and the objectives, which were to identify trends in the amount of time spent by children online now and in future, their opinions about the future role of the Internet in society and the future of e‐commerce, and parents’ roles in children’s online activities. Concludes that there is need for a more child‐friendly content in Internet sites and for more parental involvement, that children will be influential in the market for alternative devices like mobile phones, that online shopping is likely to flourish, and that children have a growing interest in online banking.

Gaining a Past, Losing a Future: Web 2.0 and Internet Historicity

2012 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Allen
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Historical Interpretation ◽  
Web 3.0 ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
The Web

This article explore how, in the first decade of the twenty-first century, the internet became historicised, meaning that its public existence is now explicitly framed through a narrative that locates the current internet in relation to a past internet. Up until this time, in popular culture, the internet had been understood mainly as the future-in-the-present, as if it had no past. The internet might have had a history, but it had no historicity. That has changed because of Web 2.0, and the effects of Tim O'Reilly's creative marketing of that label. Web 2.0, in this sense not a technology or practice but the marker of a discourse of historical interpretation dependent on versions, created for us a second version of the web, different from (and yet connected to) that of the 1990s. This historicising moment aligned the past and future in ways suitable to those who might control or manage the present. And while Web 3.0, implied or real, suggests the ‘future’, it also marks out a loss of other times, or the possibility of alterity understood through temporality.

Towards an Interactive E-Government System in Sub-Saharan Africa

2015 ◽  
pp. 213-228
Author(s):  
Charles Conteh ◽  
Greg Smith
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Electronic Service ◽  
Enterprise Content Management ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Sub Saharan

Governments worldwide, including those in Africa, are embracing the promises and prospects of electronic service delivery (or e-government). In particular, countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are moving towards adopting system-wide Integrated Communication Technology (ICT) and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems to support Electronic Government (EG) services. There are reasons to believe that Africa stands at the threshold of a new experience in this century, but there are also considerable challenges ahead. This chapter examines some of the prospects and challenges of the continent's adoption of Electronic Government. The discussion focuses on the rationale and characteristics of e-government in Africa, as well as its strengths and weaknesses, with particular reference to two countries in the region – Ghana and Kenya. The chapter concludes with a synopsis of some of the key issues as well as salient lessons to highlight the broader future challenges and prospects of e-government in Africa.

Mix, Match, Rediscovery

2010 ◽  
pp. 2298-2309
Author(s):  
Justin Meza ◽  
Qin Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Knowledge Organization ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Future ◽  
Enterprise Mashups ◽  
The Web

Knowledge is the fact or knowing something from experience or via association. Knowledge organization is the systematic management and organization of knowledge (Hodge, 2000). With the advent of Web 2.0, Mashups have become a hot new thing on the Web. A mashup is a Web site or a Web application that combines content from more than one source and delivers it in an integrated way (Fichter, 2006). In this article, we will first explore the concept of mashups and look at the components of a mashup. We will provide an overview of various mashups on the Internet. We will look at literature about knowledge and the knowledge organization. Then, we will elaborate on our experiment of a mashup in an enterprise environment. We will describe how we mixed the content from two sets of sources and created a new source: a novel way of organizing and displaying HP Labs Technical Reports. The findings from our project will be included and some best practices for creating enterprise mashups will be given. The future of enterprise mashups will be discussed as well.

Introduction to E-Commerce

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Mahmud Akhter Shareef ◽  
Yogesh K. Dwivedi ◽  
Michael D. Williams ◽  
Nitish Singh
Keyword(s):  
Communication Channel ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cultural Resistance ◽  
Challenging Issue ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
General Communication

The growth, integration, and sophistication of ICT are changing our society and economy. The emergence of the Internet as a general communication channel has opened the opportunity for E-Commerce (EC) to expand worldwide. EC is now viewed by researchers and practitioners as providing the future direction in which organizations must move. Diffusion of the Internet has led to significant shifts in the methodology of operating business globally. Therefore, it is both an interesting and challenging issue to address, explore, and conceptualize proliferation of EC and also adoption and cultural resistance and evolution for global consumers.

scholarly journals Spinning the Web of Hate Online: A Critical Review from the Malaysian Laws

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (28) ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Dr. Syahirah Abdul Shukor ◽  
Associate Professor Dr. Nazura Abdul Manap
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Sustainable Economy ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Law ◽  
Social Networking Website ◽  
The Web

<p>In a multi-cultural society, living in peace and tolerance are keys to development and sustainable economy. Undeniably, the efforts taken by all stakeholders are essential in materializing the future and dream of a peaceful country. Since its independence, Malaysia has been struggling to maintain the unity and integration of the three main ethnics, the Malays, the Chinese and the Indians. Matters pertaining to media especially publications of printed presses are strictly supervised by the Ministry of Home Affairs. However, with the inception of the Internet, regulating content of the Internet might be impossible for the law makers. This paper examines how the emergence of social networking website such as <em>Facebook, MySpace</em> and even <em>Tweeting</em> have been misused by irresponsible Internet users in Malaysia. Spinning the web of hate online is like spreading virus to the netizens and yet, its impact if it is not well tackled by members of society, it might spark serious problem to the unity and harmony of ethnics in Malaysia. Next, this paper examines how law responds to problems arose on the Internet. Finally, this paper suggests that supervision and monitoring content of the Internet which promote hate might be challenging but such problem need to be tackled by the authorities with extra vigilant and full coordination with all authorities.</p>

E-Learning 2.0

2011 ◽  
pp. 213-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa M. Regueras ◽  
Elena Verdú ◽  
María A. Pérez ◽  
Juan Pablo de Castro ◽  
María J. Verdú
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Web 2.0 Technologies ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
The Future ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Web

Nowadays, most of electronic applications, including e-learning, are based on the Internet and the Web. As the Web advances, applications should progress in accordance with it. People in the Internet world have started to talk about Web 2.0. This chapter discusses how the concepts of Web 2.0 can be transferred to e-learning. First, the new trends of the Web (Web 2.0) are introduced and the Web 2.0 technologies are reviewed. Then, it is analysed how Web 2.0 can be transferred and applied to the learning process, in terms of methodologies and tools, and taking into account different scenarios and roles. Next, some good practices and recommendations for E-Learning 2.0 are described. Finally, we present our opinion, conclusions, and proposals about the future trends driving the market.

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