This paper explores the role of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) in rural, marginalised communities. We explore Feenberg’s concept of technical agency in order to understand the ways in which technological capacity might contribute to community development. We discuss three conditions of technical agency as outlined by Feenberg; power, knowledge and appropriate occasion. We con...

Research indicates that to effectively participate in today’s global digital information age, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) familiarity is essential for individuals and communities. There is concern, especially amongst developed nations that advances in, and the rapid growth of, ICTs has the possibility of creating a new form of inequality among individuals. The New Zealand ...

The study analyzed adoption of ICTs as source of information on agricultural innovations in Nigeria. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire administered to one hundred and twenty (120) Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) farmers sampled in Benue State. Results show that Radio (46.7%), Newspapers (45.8%), contact farmers (42.5%), and extension agents (41.7%) ranked first, se...

the study was carried out in anambra state, nigeria. questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of one hundred and eight (108) small-scale farmers. percentage, mean score, standard deviation and factor analysis were used for data analysis. the duration of the study was june 2009 and march, 2010. results of the study indicated that the major constraints to effective use of icts by smal...

This study contributes an understanding of how ICTs and varying information sources work together during emergency alerts. It builds on the prior work on campus active shooter events by examining an organization that used a range of ICTs including mobile devices, social media, organizational tools, and news media, to notify their stakeholders about an emergency. The study design used a survey t...

Major con ̄ icts in design process management seem to stem from speci® cation con ̄ icts among the constituent coupled design tasks. Coupled tasks represent con ̄ icts in the ̄ ow of information of a design process. Resolving these speci® cation con ̄ icts early on in the development process tends to reduce product development lead times and cost. In this paper, we attempt to explain the coupling or...

Although signi cant progress has been made in developing multidatabase systems that integrate component databases containing crisp data, little has been reported on integrating fuzzy databases in such systems. In this paper, we investigate the problem of integrating fuzzy relational databases in a multidatabase system. We identify new types of con icts that may occur in schemas and data due to ...

Background The purpose of this study is to identify obstacles and incentives associated with implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in elderly home-based care services, from a healthcare professional perspective. The use of ICTs in elderly homecare is heralded as part of the solution to many of the imperatives currently challenging healthcare systems, but deploying ...

Information Communication and Technologies (ICTs) are vital tools that religious organizations pervasively utilize in the United States of America (USA) to shape social issues, influence social policy and participate in governance. This paper articulates the different methods of deploying ICTs by religious organizations toward social justice and human development in the USA from historical to c...