The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC)最新文献

Framings of colourism among Kenyan Twitter users 肯尼亚推特用户对肤色歧视的看法

The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.23962/ajic.i32.16429

Caroline Kiarie, Nicola-Jane Jones

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Infrastructure, human capital, and online teaching during COVID-19 disruptions: Teachers’ experiences at five South African private schools COVID-19中断期间的基础设施、人力资本和在线教学：南非五所私立学校教师的经验

The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.23962/ajic.i32.15934

Baldreck Chipangura

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Ghana’s Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2019: Exploration of its implementation dynamics 加纳 2019 年信息权 (RTI) 法案：实施动态探索

The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.23962/ajic.i32.16223

T. D. Adjin-Tettey

{"title":"Ghana’s Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2019: Exploration of its implementation dynamics","authors":"T. D. Adjin-Tettey","doi":"10.23962/ajic.i32.16223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23962/ajic.i32.16223","url":null,"abstract":"After extensive advocacy and lobbying by the media, human rights campaigners, and civil society organisations (CSOs), Ghana’s Right to Information (RTI) Act (Act 989) became law in 2019 and went into effect in January 2020. The Act sets out the procedures for access to information held by Ghanaian public institutions, with oversight by the Right to Information Commission (RTIC). The purpose of this study was to explore the dynamics of initial implementation of the law, in the years 2020-22, and to identify potential obstacles to optimal execution during that initial period. The core research data was collected via semi-structured interviews, between April and August 2022, with 10 individuals possessing deep knowledge of the Act and its implementation dynamics. This interview data was qualitatively analysed, through the lenses of the principal–agent conceptual model and the objectives of the Act, in order to determine the key themes emerging from the data. It was found that realisation of the Act’s objectives was being hampered to some extent by a lack of public awareness, and to a more substantial extent by bureaucratic blockages resulting from a mix of entrenched administrative culture and a lack of knowledge of the requirements of the Act. Based on these findings, the author recommends improved public education by the RTIC in cooperation with CSOs; strong RTIC engagement with public institutions to ensure a sufficient number of fully trained information officers (IOs); continued CSO cooperation with the Ministry of Information towards ensuring optimal implementation of the Act; CSO monitoring of the work of the RTIC; and CSO support for information access applications by journalists and other civil society actors.","PeriodicalId":409918,"journal":{"name":"The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC)","volume":"32 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138950160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The centrality of cybersecurity to socioeconomic development policy: A case study of cyber-vulnerability at South Africa’s Transnet 网络安全对社会经济发展政策的核心作用：南非 Transnet 网络脆弱性案例研究

The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.23962/ajic.i32.16949

Scott Timcke, Mark Gaffley, Andrew Rens

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Mergers and acquisitions between online automobile-marketplace platforms: Responses by competition authorities in South Africa, Australia, and the United Kingdom 在线汽车市场平台之间的兼并与收购：南非、澳大利亚和英国竞争管理机构的回应

The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.23962/ajic.i32.16018

Megan Friday

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Complexities of competition regulation in Zimbabwe’s mobile money sector 津巴布韦移动支付行业竞争监管的复杂性

The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.23962/ajic.i32.15958

Siphiwe Ncube

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Factors influencing post-hackathon project continuation in an African corporate setting 在非洲企业环境下影响黑客马拉松后项目延续的因素

The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.23962/ajic.i31.15564

Zanele Ratsoga, Mpho Primus

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“If it is circulating widely on social media, then it is likely to be fake news”: Reception of, and motivations for sharing, COVID-19-related fake news among university-educated Nigerians “如果它在社交媒体上广泛传播，那么它很可能是假新闻”:受过大学教育的尼日利亚人对covid -19相关假新闻的接受和分享动机

The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.23962/ajic.i31.14518

Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, Chinedu Ononiwu

{"title":"“If it is circulating widely on social media, then it is likely to be fake news”: Reception of, and motivations for sharing, COVID-19-related fake news among university-educated Nigerians","authors":"Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, Chinedu Ononiwu","doi":"10.23962/ajic.i31.14518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23962/ajic.i31.14518","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores how university-educated Nigerians living in two urban centres engaged with, and made choices about whether to share or not share, “fake news” on COVID-19 in 2020.The research adopted a qualitative approach by conducting focus group interviews with participants, all university graduates aged 25 or older, sampled from Lagos and Umuahia—two major metropolitan cities in Nigeria. Participants’ sense-making practices with regard to fake news on COVID-19 were varied. One core finding was that social media virality was typically seen as being synonymous with fake news due to the dramatic, exaggerated, and sometimes illogical nature of such information. Many participants demonstrated a high level of literacy in spotting fake news. Among those who said that they sometimes shared fake news on COVID-19, one motivation was to warn of the dangers of fake news by making it clear, while sharing, that the information was false. Other participants said that they shared news without being certain of its veracity, because of a general concern about the virus, and some participants shared news if it was at least partially true, provided that the news aimed to raise awareness of the dangers of COVID-19. However, some participants deliberately shared fake news on COVID-19 and did so because of a financial motivation. Those who sought to avoid sharing fake news on COVID-19 did so to avoid causing harm. The study provides insights into the reception of, and practices in engaging with, health-related fake news within a university-educated Nigerian demographic.","PeriodicalId":409918,"journal":{"name":"The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC)","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117274547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluation of web-based online agricultural information relevant to Tanzanian maize producers 评估与坦桑尼亚玉米生产者有关的网上农业信息

The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.23962/ajic.i31.15944

Ester Ernest Mnzava, Lorette Jacobs

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China’s digital transformation: Data-empowered state capitalism and social governmentality 中国的数字化转型:数据驱动的国家资本主义和社会治理

The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.23962/ajic.i31.16296

Wayne Wei Wang

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