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ICT as an Engine for Community Participation: An Assessment of Uganda’s Community Media

ICT as an Engine for Community Participation: An Assessment of Uganda’s Community Media

Brian Semujju
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 5 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 16
ISSN: 1935-5661|EISSN: 1935-567X|EISBN13: 9781466631496|DOI: 10.4018/jicthd.2013010102
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Semujju, Brian. "ICT as an Engine for Community Participation: An Assessment of Uganda’s Community Media." IJICTHD vol.5, no.1 2013: pp.20-35. http://doi.org/10.4018/jicthd.2013010102

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Semujju, B. (2013). ICT as an Engine for Community Participation: An Assessment of Uganda’s Community Media. International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development (IJICTHD), 5(1), 20-35. http://doi.org/10.4018/jicthd.2013010102

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Semujju, Brian. "ICT as an Engine for Community Participation: An Assessment of Uganda’s Community Media," International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development (IJICTHD) 5, no.1: 20-35. http://doi.org/10.4018/jicthd.2013010102

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Abstract

This paper discusses two issues prevalent in community media: Information communication technology (ICT) and Community participation. While several studies have explored community media and ICT in Uganda (Nassanga, 2003, 2009a, 2009b), the view that ICT has changed the way media operate to an extent of reversing the agenda-setting role to the listeners (McQuail, 2006, pp. 38-39; Straubhaar & Larose 2002, p. 386) needed investigation. Using Kagadi-Kibale Community radio (KKCR), the paper shows how ICT is spreading in one Ugandan region and the relationship that technology has with participation in community media activities. Findings show that there is need to redefine the relationship between ICT and geographically defined community media as usage of ICT is dependent on forces that still require decades to harmonize. The paper therefore suggests that an alternative to community media, herein called Basic Media, is best suited to match the communication patterns of a developing world.

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