Wallace Chigona
Biographic Data
| ID | 4279865 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wallace Chigona |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wallace |
| FAMILY NAME | Chigona |
| SIGNATURE | CHIGONA W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1059-811X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
How influences of external actors affect Information and Communication Technology policy formation in developing countries
This paper examines the case of Malawi to argue that external actors’ overt influences during Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policy formulation may result in policies that are hardly implemented. In Malawi, external actors brought templates, provided financial and technical support and developed the policy with minimum involvement of local actors. We employed Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice to examine the effect of the influences. D…
The use of blogs for political campaigning in a developing country context
All over the world, the use of the digital platform for political campaigning is growing. This development has the potential to empower the electorate to engage in political debate. This exploratory research aims at investigating the impacts and implications of blogging in the 2009 election campaign in South Africa. The study attempts to answer the following questions: What is the nature of the campaign blogosphere? What are the key issues addres…
Capability approach on pedagogical use of ICT in schools
The use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) for enhancing pedagogical activities has enormous potential to raise s tandards and increase educators ' and learners ' capabilities. However, research and anecdotal evidence in South Africa show that there is a low adoption rate of ICT among educators in schools and, in cases where the technology has been adopted, the impact has not been optimal. This qualitative study analyses the factors…
Using Diffusion of Innovations Framework to Explain Communal Computing Facilities Adoption Among the Urban Poor
In general, studies of the adoption of communal computing facilities (CCFs) such as telecenters tend to be atheoretical. In this article, we use Rogers' diffusion of innovations (DoI) theory as a framework. As the number and variety of CCFs has increased, so has the number of research studies on CCFs. However, most of the studies are presented in isolation without using any theoretical framework. The use of frameworks would help to bring structur…
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Using Diffusion of Innovations Framework to Explain Communal Computing Facilities Adoption Among the Urban Poor
In general, studies of the adoption of communal computing facilities (CCFs) such as telecenters tend to be atheoretical. In this article, we use Rogers' diffusion of innovations (DoI) theory as a framework. As the number and variety of CCFs has increased, so has the number of research studies on CCFs. However, most of the studies are presented in isolation without using any theoretical framework. The use of frameworks would help to bring structur…
Capability approach on pedagogical use of ICT in schools
The use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) for enhancing pedagogical activities has enormous potential to raise s tandards and increase educators ' and learners ' capabilities. However, research and anecdotal evidence in South Africa show that there is a low adoption rate of ICT among educators in schools and, in cases where the technology has been adopted, the impact has not been optimal. This qualitative study analyses the factors…
The use of blogs for political campaigning in a developing country context
All over the world, the use of the digital platform for political campaigning is growing. This development has the potential to empower the electorate to engage in political debate. This exploratory research aims at investigating the impacts and implications of blogging in the 2009 election campaign in South Africa. The study attempts to answer the following questions: What is the nature of the campaign blogosphere? What are the key issues addres…
How influences of external actors affect Information and Communication Technology policy formation in developing countries
This paper examines the case of Malawi to argue that external actors’ overt influences during Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policy formulation may result in policies that are hardly implemented. In Malawi, external actors brought templates, provided financial and technical support and developed the policy with minimum involvement of local actors. We employed Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice to examine the effect of the influences. D…
Political science (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · ICT in Developing Communities (2 works) · Information and Communications Technology (2 works)