Turkish Case of E-Government Strategy Development and Policy-Formulation Process

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asım Balcı ◽  
Tunç Durmuş Medeni ◽  
Ahmet Nohutçu
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Turkish Case ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Evaluation Techniques

Use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) by governments all over the world has opened new avenues in terms of redesigning the relationship between the state and not only the society but also the businesses, creating new forms of relationships with wider meanings especially for the society as a whole, and ideas and practices regarding policy making process. While enjoying centralist tendencies and a strict hierarchical bureaucratic model intrinsic to the inner cycles of the organizational levels, the Turkish administrative system has been trying new forms of governance models exemplified in e-government policies. This paper tries to analyze and discuss the main tenets, actors, coordinating and partnership mechanisms, undertakings, evaluation techniques and prospects of e-government policies as a newly emerging policy area with specific reference to Turkish e-transformation efforts, policies and initiatives. Firstly, the paper would underline the “formation” and “participation” (formulation) dimension and stage of the ICT policy process. Presenting up-to-date information and analyses regarding the developments in recent and current stage of evolution, guidelines and suggestions for future are also provided. The discussion will also be furthered by an analysis of country (Turkey) rankings in international (United Nations) e-government reports as an up-to-date case of strategy development, policy formulation and implementation.

scholarly journals Impact of ICT usage on indigenous peoples’ quality of life: Evidence from an Asian developing country

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Mahfuz Ashraf ◽  
Helena Grunfeld ◽  
Ali Quazi
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Five Freedoms

Indigenous communities across the world have been suffering disadvantages in several domains, e.g. erosion of land rights, language and other cultural aspects, while at the same time being discriminated against when prepared to integrate into the dominant cultures. It has been argued in the literature that information communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential of contributing to addressing some of these disadvantages – both in terms of rebuilding what has been eroded and facilitating integration into non-Indigenous societies. In trying to understand how ICTs can be useful for these processes, it is important to do so from a conceptual framework that encompasses the multi-dimensionality of the issues faced by Indigenous communities. The conceptual frameworks frequently used in the ICT literature tend to focus on adoption, use and diffusion of technologies rather than how the use of ICTs affects the livelihoods of the users, which is the focus of this paper. The conceptual framework is informed by the capability approach (CA), in particular by the five freedoms identified in the seminal work of Amartya Sen (2001), “Development as Freedom” (DaF). Data were collected from a purposive sample in an Indigenous community in Bangladesh, using a qualitative method to map how ICTs had affected the lives of these community members The findings suggest that the participants perceived that ICTs had made positive contributions, particularly the benefits they gained from learning how to use computers in the domains that are relevant from the perspective of the five freedoms espoused in DaF. The findings reported in this paper are useful for policy formulation in Bangladesh. As the study is contextualised in a transitional economy setting and can therefore not be generalised, but we believe that the conceptual framework has much to offer future research designed to understand how ICTs can improve the livelihoods of Indigenous individuals and communities.

scholarly journals Possible, Probable and Preferable Futures of the Digital Divide

10.28945/2651 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Contemporary Problem ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Technology Strategies ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Quantitative Assessments

The digital divide is widely recognized as a contemporary problem between society and technology. Strategies for bridging the digital divide are often informed and guided by quantitative assessments of the deployment of information communication technologies. There are few rigorous qualitative attempts to assess the digital divide from either an ethnographic or a futures-oriented perspective. This paper reports findings from a study that examined the possible, probable and preferable futures of the digital divide from an ethnographic perspective. The contents of this report include background to the problem of the digital divide, a review of literature describing the relationship between society and technology, findings from the data collection, and implications for future strategies to bridge the digital divide.

Media, Libraries, and Archives

2020 ◽  
pp. 243-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita ◽  
Munyaradzi Shoko ◽  
Alexander Madanha Rusero ◽  
Joseph Ngoaketse
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Holy Trinity ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Work ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Radical Transformation

This chapter seeks to explore how the dawn of the 21st century and how the proliferation of information communication technologies (ICTs) has necessitated a fundamental rethinking on the interface existing between the media, libraries, and archives. There has been a gradual but rapid paradigm shift, following the information revolution made possible by the digital revolution, which have brought unparalleled radical transformation to the operations, procedures, products, and services of the information profession. Given the timeliness of media work and intense competition to break the most recent information to the world at real time, media personnel ought to add flavor to their work through retrieval of stored but relevant information found in libraries and archives. This chapter seeks to place on record the relationship, which exists among the “holy trinity.” The chapter also intends to recommend solutions to enhance the relationship between the holy trinity.

scholarly journals Use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Academic Achievement of University Students: A Correlational Investigation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-116
Author(s):  
Dur-e-Nayab ◽  
Ghulam Fatima ◽  
Sajida Mah Jabeen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Relationship

This study was conducted to explore the relationship between the use of ICTs and the academic achievement of students at public and private level universities. The objectives of the study were to study the relationship between the use of ICTs and academic achievement of masters level students. The population of the study included all the students which are enrolled in master degree programs of all public and private sector universities of the Punjab province. The sample of the study comprised 400 students including 243 females and 157 males. The data was collected by a self developed questionnaire which was based on the students’ opinions related to the use of ICT. All the 400 students gave their responses on six point likert type questionnaire, that had 30 items. A pilot study was conducted for the validation of instrument. The reliability index (Cronbach’s Alpha) was 0.89,which was statistically significant. Data were collected personally from students (both male and female) of two public and two private sector universities. The data gathered from the students were analyzed on SPSS version 22. Pearson correlation coefficient, t-test, ANOVA, mean scores, standard deviation were calculated to find the major results. The study found the benefits and uses of ICT in education sector and also explored different ways which may help in teaching learning process using resources of ICTs.

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

2020 ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Andrey Ivanovich Shutenko ◽  
◽  
Elena Nikolaevn Shutenko ◽  
Julia Petrovna Derevyanko ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Developmental Model ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
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.

scholarly journals The intercultural component in an EFL course-book package

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzana Sándorová
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Intercultural Communicative Competence ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
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.

scholarly journals Citizens without Borders – new media and global accountability measures

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Geiselhart
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Online Technologies ◽  
Accountability Measures ◽  
Global Indicators

In an environment of globalisation and rapidly expanding deployment of interactive digital communication, this paper takes a complex systems approach to the mapping of large scale global indicators onto electronic flows of information and intent. It argues that democracy is being transformed by online technologies, and that governments which embrace and encourage citizen inputs and monitoring of public information can establish vital groundwork for more effective forms of global governance. Growing awareness of issues that transcend jurisdictions makes such transformations both necessary and increasingly acceptable. The prism for this bird’s eye view is the Australian Government’s evolution in its uses of information communication technologies (ICTs) for citizen engagement.

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