School of Information, Communication and Media Studies: Recent submissions
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Use of Whatsapp Messaging in Enhancing Public Participation in the Budgeting Process: A study of Migori County Government
(International Journal of Professional Practice (IJPP), 2023-02-02)Globally, the use of WhatsApp messaging has gained power. Just like many social media platforms, WhatsApp provides a platform for the instantaneous sharing of information. Many people in Migori County have not been ... -
Use of Internal Corporate Communication (ICC) Strategies in the Enhancement of Performance Contracting in Kenya
(Journal of international academic research for multidisciplinary, 2014-10-09)The paper analyzes the internal corporate communication (hereafter, ICC) strategies used in the implementation of performance contracts in one large public corporation in Kenya. ICC is an organizational function that ... -
Issues to consider when applying indigenous medical knowledge to provide healthcare by county governments in Kenya
(Regional Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 2022-12)Rationale of Study – This study explores issues that should be considered in implementing IMK in providing quality healthcare by county governments in Kenya. The study’s specific objectives were to determine different ... -
An Assessment of Audience Participation in Community Radio Programing, Production and Content Delivery: The Case of Togotane FM in Kenya
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2021-05)This study was underpinned by the democratic participant theory, which avers that audience participation in radio programing, production and content delivery plays a key role in awareness creation. The study applied the ... -
An Assessment of Audience Participation in Community Radio Programing, Production and Content Delivery
(2021-05-05)This study was underpinned by the democratic participant theory, which avers that audience participation in radio programing, production and content delivery plays a key role in awareness creation. The study applied the ... -
Functional Heads in the Dholuo Determiner Phrase
(Journal of Advances in Linguistics, 2019-09-30)This paper focuses on functional heads existing in a Dholuo DP. The notion of functional heads in the extended Projection of the CP (Complementizer Phrase) has led to a new approach in the analysis of projections in syntactic ... -
Exploring the thin line between misinformation and facts in the era of COVID-19 in selected border counties of Kenya
(2021-04-18)Introduction: Information seeking behavior of the affected populations during a pandemic is believed to significantly influence the way the population manages the epidemic and curb its spread. This study sought to identify ... -
Myths and Misconceptions on Covid-19: ‘Congo Check’ and ‘Talato’ Verification Experiences
(2021-03-31)Despite the challenges of connectivity and the digital divide that persists in Central Africa, an increasing number of citizens is engaging and interacting in social networks for fulfilling their informational needs. In ... -
Leveraging cloud computing for improved health service delivery: Findings from public health facilities in Kisumu County, Western Kenya-2019
(Learning Health Systems, 2021-12-22)Introduction: Healthcare delivery systems across the world have been shown to fall short of the ideals of being cost-effective and meeting pre-established standards of quality but the problem is more pronounced in Africa. ... -
Development of public library system in Kenya: perspective of KNLS
(Knowledge Librarian, 2014)The paper discusses the historical background, present status and future perspective of public library system in Kenya, research and application of ICTs. It also analyses the relation between the government and KNLS in ... -
Understanding media representation of intimate partner violence in kenya: an analysis of the mainstream press
(International Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies (IJPCS, 2020)The media play a critical role in shaping society’s perceptions of social problems such as intimate partner violence (IPV) through news reports. Such reports are indicators of social, economic, political and cultural norms ... -
Challenges of E-health adoption and integration on maternal health in Uasin Gishu County Hospitals
(Target journals, 2019)E-health has fundamentality shifted the way patient information is accessed and shared across health systems. In Kenya maternal health care still faces challenges including, lack of access to quality maternal health services ... -
Fake News and Propaganda in Political Communication: Effects and Remedies
(East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2020)Fake news has dominated the media debate the world over in recent times. Fake news is used in political discourses to portray the opponent as inefficient, alienated, outsider etc. Kenya had her election on August 8, ... -
Cloud Computing Adoption by Public Hospitals in Kenya: A Technological, Organisational and Behavioural Perspective
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2020)Cloud computing has emerged as a technological paradigm to reduce Information Technology costs, foster collaboration while increasing productivity, availability, reliability, flexibility and minimizing response times. ... -
Adoption Conceptual Model for Intelligent Waste Management in Smart Cities: Theoretical Review
(2020)Purpose –Adoption of technologies in waste management in developing countries has largely lagged leading to poor waste collection and disposal exposing the city dwellers to health hazards and points of extortion. The ... -
Electronic Medical Records Software Types in Use within Kisumu County
(International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2020)Electronic Medical Records (EMR) refers to a set of computerized interrelated components that enable data collection, storage, and transformation, aggregate and disseminate information about a patient or a client in a ... -
Investigating the possible measures taken to overcome interpersonal communication barriers between parents and their youth on hiv prevention
(IJRDO-Journal of Educational Research, 2020)The study examined the influence of parent and youth interpersonal communication barriers on HIV prevention in North Kamagambo Location, Migori County. The study covered a population of 18,755 according to the 2009 ... -
Information Security Policy Trend as a Foundation to Protecting Information Resources
(International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications, 2012)Although many institutions have implemented technical solutions to protect information resources from adverse events, internal security breaches continue to occur. An approach that emphasizes on information security ... -
Peace Education and Cultural Diversity: Focus on Kenya’s Post-Election Crisis
(International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education (IJHSSE), 2018)It is not difficult to understand the relationship between peace and education. We can recover it from a more disciplined approach when we begin to seek the ultimate causation of the need for peace. As such peace will often ... -
Effects of social media use in participatory budgeting in county governance: a case study of Kisii county, Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2018)In Kenya, inadequate public debates on county budget priorities and choices, due to communication break down between the public and the county governments, has led to poor transparency and weak accountability. This has ...