School of Information, Communication and Media Studies: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Children and television: the looming media effect in Kenya
(Journal of Advances in Humanities, 2014)The debate on children‟s behavior as competent television viewers and also cultural viewers today continues unabated in research. In the developed world, much of research has focused on the effects of television exposure ... -
Security Control Requirements for Electronic Health Records
(International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2019)Health Information System is fundamental in provision of dependable information in support of delivery of healthcare services. The adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR) provides improved patient care and a more ... -
A Framework for Telemedicine Care: A Case of Nandi County – Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2019)Telemedicine is one of the technologies that use the knowledge of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to curb geographical barriers while increasing access to healthcare services. This study aimed developing ... -
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 ... -
Emerging Patterns in Students-Parents Interaction Interfaces and Platforms’ Use in Kenyan Secondary Boarding Schools
(International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications, 2019)In Kenya, the Ministry of Education banned the use of mobile phones by students while they are in boarding schools without replacing it with a suitable interaction interface. This situation infringes on children’s right ... -
ICT Integration Indexing Levels: A Study of Selected Kenyan Universities Information Technology Teaching Professionals
(International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications, 2017)The Universities Information Technology Teaching Professionals (UITTPs) with better ICT integration index can have better influence to the graduates’ ICT integration level. ICT integration index levels of University ICT ... -
Interface Platforms Usability for Gold Marketing: A Study of Selected Gold Miners in Migori County- Kenya
(International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications, 2019)Gold marketing like any other modern product marketing should be done in a global based platform, to ensure suitable buying with best prices possible in a timely way. However, gold marketing in developing countries Kenya ...