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{"title":"Mobile telephony and copresence in Marakwet, Kenya","authors":"L. Komen","doi":"10.4314/jdcs.v5i1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/jdcs.v5i1.3","url":null,"abstract":"The integration of mobile phones into social life has attracted divergent views on its technosocial capacities for social transformations especially its disruption on the integrity of space and time. While celebrated as a technology that liberates users from the constraints of time and place, it is equally reviled for the defilement of place or space and face to face social encounters (copresence). This paper discusses the influence of mobile telephony on social interactions with specific focus on conversations around copresence in Marakwet. Through ethnographic interviews and observational notes, the paper argues for the need to study mobile telephony as a social assemblage. Drawing from Delanda’s (2006) version of assemblage theory, the researcher finds that copresent encounters has changed the way time and place is conceptualised, with distinctions between private and public places blurred and transformation of social interaction evidenced. Keywords: mobile telephony, co-presence, assemblage, time and space, private versus public spaces","PeriodicalId":85725,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of development communication","volume":"1 1","pages":"44-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88882630","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}

{"title":"Imperial Britain and the challenge of press freedom in Nigeria during the Second World War","authors":"E. Mordi","doi":"10.4314/JDCS.V5I1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/JDCS.V5I1.6","url":null,"abstract":"The imperial power, Britain, was in a quandary over the extent of press freedom to allow in Nigeria, its largest black African colony, during the Second World War. This fundamental issue so emphasized by Allied propagandists as one of the freedoms for which the world was at war has not yet received scholarly attention and is investigated in this study. The colonial state so much pressurized the local press that the latter had walked a tight rope throughout the duration of the war. An anti press freedom enactment which took effect on the declaration of war had foreshadowed the muffling of freedom of expression at a critical period of Nigerian history when the press was the only viable avenue open to colonized Nigerians to ventilate war induced grievances. This historical study applies the critical evaluative methodology built on archival sources, including the newspapers in the repositories of the Nigerian National Archives, Ibadan and the University of Ibadan Library to expand the cumulative knowledge of Nigerian media history. It concludes that the Nigerian press exploited loopholes in the censorship regulations, the palpable support of the newspaper publishers for Allied victory, and the restraining influence of the Colonial Office, to articulate Nigerian grievances and evade the colonial sledge hammer. The latter situation was only reversed when the colonial state enforced full press censorship after the European phase of the war as its strategy of stemming the rising tempo of militant nationalism in wartime Nigeria. Keywords: Nigerian media history, press freedom, Second World War, British colonialism, militant nationalism","PeriodicalId":85725,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of development communication","volume":"7 1","pages":"98-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90482731","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}

{"title":"Assessment of factors affecting social media use for HIV andAIDS communication among undergraduate students in South-Western Nigeria","authors":"A. Alonge, W. Kiai, Ndeti Ndati","doi":"10.4314/JDCS.V5I1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/JDCS.V5I1.4","url":null,"abstract":"The study evaluated factors that affect use of social media for HIV and AIDS communication among federal university undergraduates in south western Nigeria. The cross-sectional research method was employed. Structured questionnaire copies were administered to 355 undergraduate students. Quantitative data gathered from the administered questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result showed that blogs (41.1%), twitter (25.4%) and WhatsApp (17.7%) were the social media sites preferred by male and female respondents for sharing and accessing HIV and AIDS information. The use of these social media sites for HIV and AIDS information communication was influenced by privacy and neutrality. It also showed that majority of the undergraduates affirmed that HIV and AIDS information on social media platforms was very useful because it facilitated access to quality tips on HIV. A significant percentage of the respondents also affirmed that the use of social media was hugely affected by epileptic nature of power supply, poor network connectivity, ICT skills and cost of subscription. Stepwise multiple regression analysis identified ICT skill as the only environmental factor that had significant influence on social media use ( F = 4.234, p <0.05) and was responsible for 33.9% of the variation in social media use for HIV information communication. The study suggested the campaign on prominent HIV/AIDS discussion sites and ICT skill acquisition to enable youth connect and effectively make use of social media for HIV information communication. Keywords: Social media, HIV/AIDS information, communication, barriers","PeriodicalId":85725,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of development communication","volume":"136 1","pages":"56-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76615726","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}

{"title":"Uses, benefits and challenges of using rural community telecentres as tools for development: the Case of Vikwa Community Telecentre in Kasungu, Malawi","authors":"Sellina Khumbo Kapondera, D. Namusanya","doi":"10.4314/JDCS.V5I1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/JDCS.V5I1.1","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the uses, benefits and challenges of using telecentres as tools for development in Malawi focusing on one community telecentre: Vikwa Community Telecentre in the Kasungu district of Malawi. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered using a questionnaire administered to 46 users; interviews with the Telecentre Manager; and observation of the categories of people coming to the telecentres; what they were using and challenges sues and challenges within the telecentre. The findings indicate that the users are improving their skills and knowledge, school performance, finding new friends and saving money. The community uses the telecentre to improve work related skills, keep in touch with friends and families and look for jobs. The negative finding is that telecentre usage is uneven as users are generally poor male youths with little education. Furthermore, the users face a number of challenges when using the telecentre. For the telecentre to have more impact on development, the paper recommends that the Vikwa Telecentre should work on attracting all groups of people in the community, change the internet service provider, buy an electricity generator, acquire more books and computers and train staff in customer care. Keywords: development, telecentres, Malawi, multipurpose community telecentres, Vikwa Community Telecentre","PeriodicalId":85725,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of development communication","volume":"25 1","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90930497","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}

{"title":"Agricultural education and training system capacity development for sub-Saharan Africa: The role of InnovATE","authors":"T. Gill, K. Jones, T. Hammett","doi":"10.4314/JDCS.V4I2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/JDCS.V4I2.1","url":null,"abstract":"There is an urgent need to develop capacity in African agricultural education and training (AET) through innovative methods that achieve the goals of food security, economic development and poverty reduction. InnovATE (Innovation for Agricultural Training and Education) is a five year, demand-driven USAID-funded program with a mandate for capacity development in AET systems in low income and emerging economies across the world. Though innovATE’s primary focus is on formal AET, the program’s activities and findings are oriented toward developing capacity across agricultural knowledge and information systems (AKIS), which includes agricultural extension activities. Through innovATE’s learn-design-train approach, the program has developed capacity through various activities in Sub- Saharan Africa (SSA). These have included the generation of AET system studies on countries and thematic issues, the creation of an online Community of Practice, in-country assessment of AET systems in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the provision of training workshops for capacity development in Senegal and Mozambique. Evaluating the results of these activities provides the context for critical examination of the most effective approaches for AET system capacity development in SSA. Key words : Agriculture Education and training, AKIS, extension, InnovATE, Sub-Saharan Africa","PeriodicalId":85725,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of development communication","volume":"2 1","pages":"401-415"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74434417","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}

{"title":"Adoption of nutrition and environment-related technologies by women: Case of IFAD’s interventions on cassava in south-east Nigeria","authors":"M. Koyenikan, S. O. Konkwo","doi":"10.4314/jdcs.v4i2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/jdcs.v4i2.3","url":null,"abstract":"International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) mainstreamed gender, nutrition and environment issues in her  interventions on cassava (Manihot  esculenta crantz) value chain to achieve food nutrition and health securities. However,  implementation strategies could have affected adoption of technologies along the line. This study assessed adoption of nutrition and environment-related technologies/information (NE p<0.05).and environment-related technologies (F=29.365; p<0.05). Serious constraints to adoption of technologies included inadequate infrastructural  development ( X =3.99), inability to afford inputs ( X =3.98), poor access to capital and credit ( X =3.97), low level of education ( X =3.95) and low extension contact ( X =3.92). The findings underline the  achievements of IFAD in targeting women. More  interventions on household food, nutrition and environment are recommended to address the barriers to cassava technology adoption and encourage more women’s participation. Keywords : Women, nutrition, environment, cassava technology adoption, IFAD, Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":85725,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of development communication","volume":"23 1","pages":"428-442"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4314/jdcs.v4i2.3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72509701","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}

{"title":"Preferred breast cancer message sources and frames amongst western Kenyan women","authors":"Sabina Alago, Jane Awiti","doi":"10.4314/JDCS.V4I2.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/JDCS.V4I2.5","url":null,"abstract":"This descriptive study set out to verify the Kenyan women’s knowledge of the  various risk factors associated with breast cancer, their preferred framing of the  breast cancer messages and their preferred channels for receiving those messages. Three hundred and ninety-three (393) women aged 20-64 years from the Kisumu County of Western Kenya were interviewed using a  semi-structured questionnaire and analysed using descriptive statistics. Findings revealed that (a) information deficiencies in  relation to breast cancer is a factor that needs to be addressed, (b) gain, loss and mixed frames are used and (c) the most  preferred sources of information were radio and health facility personnel and, to a low extent the internet and television. The study recommends that it is prudent for the women to voluntarily seek the right information for them to make informed decisions  regarding preventive breast cancer measures. Further, cancer risk communicators need to develop  frames that revolve around symptoms and risk factors, and use the most preferred channels side by side to reinforce strengths associated with each. Internet and  television among the rural women are of low use, calling for the collaborated efforts amongst development partners including the women to boost the level of their usage. Keywords : framing messages, communication channels, breast cancer screening measures","PeriodicalId":85725,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of development communication","volume":"30 1","pages":"454-468"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89383214","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}

{"title":"Practitioners’ perception of challenges and effectiveness of Nigerian research-extensionfarmer- input linkage systems","authors":"M. Koyenikan, F. Omoregbee","doi":"10.4314/JDCS.V4I2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/JDCS.V4I2","url":null,"abstract":"The Agricultural technology system (ATS), which, in Nigeria, is called the Research-Extension-Farmer-Input Linkage System [REFILS] comprises individuals who are expected to interact and effectively perform activities geared towards generation, dissemination, supply and use of innovations to achieve food security and poverty alleviation. However, the impact of the system is far below expectation due to challenges experienced by components of the linkage system. This study therefore assessed research and extension practitioners’ perception of the component-wise challenges and effectiveness of Nigeria’s REFILS. The seventy two (72) high calibre research and extension practitioners who participated in the National Extension Planning Review Meeting (NEPRM) for 2010 constituted the respondents. Findings show that practitioners were mostly males (75%), mean age=50.1 years, years of experience ( X=21.3years) and 75% had post graduate degrees. The study also revealed weak perception of linkage effectiveness (grand X =2.016) with report writing ( X=2.671), management interactions ( X =2.522), policy formulation ( X =2.387), as activities with strongest linkage effectiveness. Linkage effectiveness scores were weak in activities such as mass media communication ( X =1.298), link with input and service providers ( X =1.314), liaison services ( X =1.429) and joint programme implementation reviews ( X =1.462). Furthermore, analysis showed significant relationships between sex (r=-0.690), educational qualification (r=0.598) and years of working experience (r=0.506). Component-wise, most  serious challenges (≥50% indication) to REFILS effectiveness include poor  motivation, inadequate and erratic funding, dearth of capacity building opportunities, inadequate capital for farmers, absence of strong farmers’ organizations, poor participation of input agencies and poor coordination. The study concludes that practitioners were weak in linkage effectiveness, especially in field level activities due to various component-wise challenges. The study recommends improved funding support and involvement of relevant stakeholders, especially farmers’ organizations and input agencies in REFILS activities by government, private and donor agencies to enhance food security in Nigeria and by extension Africa. Keywords : Agricultural technology systems, linkage effectiveness, challenges, practitioners, Nigeria","PeriodicalId":85725,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of development communication","volume":"55 1","pages":"416-427"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77807216","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}

{"title":"Agricultural informational flow in informal communication networks of farmers in Ghana","authors":"D. C. Aidoo, C. K. Freeman","doi":"10.4314/jdcs.v4i2.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/jdcs.v4i2.4","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the rapid growth in the use of modern communication media to improve  access to agricultural information, local information networks remain an important means of communication among rural folk. This study examined informal  communication networks of rural farmers in the Ahafo Ano south district of Ghana to determine how they can be harnessed to improve the provision of agricultural information. The objectives were two-fold, to: (i) identify local information networks and characteristics of the key communicators and (ii) determine how the structural properties of the networks affect the flow of agricultural information. Snowball sampling was used to select respondents from three purposively-selected communities in the district. Sociograms were used to reveal the ties between network actors. Key communicators of agricultural information were found to be significantly older and had higher farm output than the rest of the population and tended to occupy leadership positions in their community. Thus, extension service providers should target such key communicators when introducing new information and technology as they can serve as essential channels of information to other farmers in the community. It was also observed that network density values were generally low indicating that the networks are open to diverse sources of  information. Low degree centrality measures indicated frequent sharing of  information among several central actors rather than through one central person. Agricultural extension service providers should identify such farmers who can serve as intermediaries between actors to help disseminate information in rural communities. Keywords : key communicators, farmers, rural communities, social networks,  extension agents","PeriodicalId":85725,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of development communication","volume":"6 6 1","pages":"443-453"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87727353","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}

{"title":"Impact of training and education on productivity of Academic Librarians in Nigeria: Case of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria","authors":"Imaobong Usoroh, E. Umoren, Patience E Ibang","doi":"10.4314/jdcs.v4i2.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/jdcs.v4i2.7","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of training and education on job productivity of librarians in academic libraries in Akwa Ibom State. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to direct the study. Ex-post factor research design was used for the study. There are 47 Librarians in tertiary  institutions in Akwa Ibom State and all of them were used for the study. A  questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The data obtained was analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Each of the hypothesis was tested at .05 level of significance. The result of the analysis revealed that there is a significant relationship between training and job productivity of librarians in  academic libraries. The result further revealed that there is a significant relationship between education and job productivity of librarians in academic libraries. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that training and education have significant impact on job productivity of librarians in academic libraries. It was recommended that regular training should be organized for academic librarians in order to get them acquainted with skills needed to function effectively in their duties. In addition, it was recommended that opportunities for education through staff development programmes should be given to academic librarians as this will enable them to update their knowledge on latest development that may arise due to rapid technological changes. Key words: knowledge management, academic libraries, job productivity, rapid technological changes","PeriodicalId":85725,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of development communication","volume":"41 1","pages":"477-486"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79888534","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}