Papers by Prof. Joshua Chukwuere
Khazanah Sosial, Apr 16, 2022
This study deployed desktop research methodology in seeking to understand the cybersecurity chall... more This study deployed desktop research methodology in seeking to understand the cybersecurity challenges confronting Internet of Things (IoT) and the mitigation mechanisms. Objects are no longer independent from each other; rather, connectivity through the power of the internet has connected them. IoT is no longer a new invention or innovation in the technology industry and human lives. The concept is widely used in different industries such as healthcare, food, finance, manufacturing, government, insurance, oil and gas, transportation, postal services, defence, and many more. These industries are using the ability of IoT to function optimally in facilitating different activities. Users of technology devices use IoT devices in homes, offices, and other places to increase productivity and efficiency daily. This article analyses the cybersecurity challenges of IoT and its mitigation mechanisms. The findings identified different cybersecurity challenges confronting IoT and the ways to mitigate them.
This is an open access article under CC-BY-SA license.
Holistica, Jun 28, 2022
There is a relationship between social media platforms and emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) su... more There is a relationship between social media platforms and emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Social media platforms are used to manage information flow in every EID. Individuals use the platforms to source information, while health workers, organisations, and other stakeholders use the platforms to provide and manage information flow. This study employed a narrative literature review (NLR) to understand the role of social media platforms in managing the COVID-19 pandemic information flow. The paper deployed three research questions as seen in the research methodology. The paper found a clear relationship between social media and EIDs and the COVID-19 pandemic. The article further provides the ways to use platforms to manage information during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Springer eBooks, Oct 21, 2022
International Journal of Innovation in Management, Economics and Social Sciences
The COVID-19 pandemic led to pain and panic across the globe and social media became the base for... more The COVID-19 pandemic led to pain and panic across the globe and social media became the base for information sharing and communication. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of social media platforms in facilitating COVID-19 pandemic protocol in society. Methodology: The study looks at the role of social media facilitating COVID-19 pandemic healthcare protocols. The study deployed desktop research methodology to address the research objective. Findings: Through the study, the research established that social media assist people to understand different protocols to protect themselves, keep social or physical distance, stay at home and many more. Originality/Value: The role of social media in society is no longer new, research on the impact in observing COVID-19 pandemic protocols is missing in the literature. Social media provides a decentralized platform for bidirectional communication, information sharing, and the flow of content from different sources. The platforms allow users (individuals) and organizations to generate content and distribute it among the audience in real-time during a crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis that exposed the world's weak health systems and brought about national lockdowns in different parts of the world. The lockdown measures saw an increased dependence and application of social media platforms to distribute information, communication and content among users. This article looks at the role of social media platforms in facilitating COVID-19 pandemic protocols across the globe
African Social Science and Humanities Journal
Ubuntu promotes the caring spirit of humanity. In the presence of Ubuntu, the growing rate of tea... more Ubuntu promotes the caring spirit of humanity. In the presence of Ubuntu, the growing rate of teachers' absenteeism in their duty posts is alarming across schools and subject lines. Social media platforms promote continuous presence and limiting physical presence. At the same time, Ubuntu promotes caring for one another irrespective of gender, age, race, status, background, and many more. Notwithstanding the benefits attached to African philosophy, Ubuntu, and social media, teachers' presence in schools keeps dropping physically and virtually. This study used secondary data in seeking to understand how African philosophy, Ubuntu, and social media can be applied in closing or eliminating the growing teacher absenteeism in schools in this social media age.
Journal of Emerging Technologies
Emerging technology activities are evolving and turning our world into a digital world. The digit... more Emerging technology activities are evolving and turning our world into a digital world. The digital world offers many digital inventions such as digital currency, smart devices, social media, digital devices, and the list continues. Digital or electronic currency initiatives such as eNaira are fast becoming a norm across countries as means of payment for goods and services. But many are concerned and worried about eNaira, lack of understanding of the opportunities and challenges of eNaira, and limited academic literature. eNaira is a digital currency or electronic currency which is accessible through the Internet without physical print. The introduced eNaira was rolled out on 25 October 2021, and the announcement gained a mixed reaction from the public as a result of the opportunities and challenges that come with it. This paper deployed a literature review approach to provide a comprehensive analysis of eNaira, the opportunities and challenges of eNaira for Nigerians and businesses...
Gender and behaviour, May 24, 2019
Journal of African Films & Diaspora Studies
This paper analysed the effect of social media news on human psychology during pandemic outbreaks... more This paper analysed the effect of social media news on human psychology during pandemic outbreaks by applying narrative literature review procedures. Social media is an online platform whereby people interact and share vital information, including human health issues. Health organisations, workers, and individuals use social media platforms on Websites 2.0 such as WhatsApp, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and many others to communicate and share health information with the public. Web 2.0 intensified user-generated content over the Internet, while 3.0 revolutionised information sharing in making the world information-oriented. Social media platforms such as Web 2.0 and 3.0 continually nourish the human mind and thoughts with positive and negative news during pandemic outbreaks. The absorbed nourishments affect human psychology positively or negatively. To achieve the aim of this paper, a narrative literature review (NLR) was deployed in evaluating some academic literat...
Acta Informatica Malaysia
This study investigates the psychosocial impact of cyberbullying on social media among students i... more This study investigates the psychosocial impact of cyberbullying on social media among students in Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Cameroon. The study adopted a quantitative research methodology in collecting data from 99 students across the selected African countries using a well-designed electronic questionnaire (e-questionnaire). The study found that cyberbullying on social media has psychosocial implications for the student. Furthermore, the study revealed ways and strategies to mitigate the spread and act of cyberbullying of students on social media platforms. Conclusively, the study unpacked the psychosocial impacts of cyberbullying on students. Therefore, the research, without a doubt, contributed to an in-depth understanding of various aspects of the psychosocial impact of cyberbullying on social media on students and as well as a possible profound solution to mitigating cyberbullying.
I T A L I E N I S C H, Nov 2, 2021
Electronic government (e-Government) can also be seen as a model used in a developed and developi... more Electronic government (e-Government) can also be seen as a model used in a developed and developing countries globally to offer government events, programmes and information to its citizens anytime, anyplace and anywhere and to everyone. Against many benefits and potentials attached on e-Government, many government organisations especially Local Government (LG) agencies in developing countries have failed to implement this initiative in services delivery. However, no vigorous statistical analysis deployed, rather this study depend mostly on relevant literature on related topics in the phenomenon. The study found that no LGA in Nigeria have adopted e-Government initiative while e-Government websites in most of the states are redundant and static.
Proceedings of the 31st International Academic Conference, London, 2017
In recent times, the role of media in politics has increased significantly. With the inception of... more In recent times, the role of media in politics has increased significantly. With the inception of the new form of media communication, the interaction between the importance of media and politicization remain complementary. During the 2016 South African Local Government Elections, the new media featured as one of the prominent medium of political interaction between various political stakeholders across the country. This paper argues that the role of new media facilitated political interaction across the political terrain of the country during the election. It also argues that political actors increased their use of new media not only to advance their political ideas but also to receive feedbacks from the electorates. Therefore, this paper identifies that the new media created an interactive forum linking the political parties, Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the electorates. In other words, this medium increased existing interaction within the South African political environment particularly during the just concluded 2016 Local Government Elections.
Academic Voices (AV), Aug 30, 2021
Academic writing is different from everyday writing. However, there is a correlation between acad... more Academic writing is different from everyday writing. However, there is a correlation between academic and everyday writing. The latter involves a systematic process. This short article is aimed at simplifying academic writing by answering the following questions: What is research? What is research scope? What is the academic writing process? Why do we research? Can anyone conduct research? (Can academic writing be for everyone?) Where, how, and when can research writing start? What are the characteristics of a researcher? What are the common challenges in starting to write research? These seven questions beg for answers from upcoming and established academic researchers.
Alternation: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa, 2018
Rigour and relevance division is as a result of many reasons. The gap between the two has promote... more Rigour and relevance division is as a result of many reasons. The gap between the two has promoted debate and argument that has lasted for years. Many believed that IS research is effective and others opposed the argument. Others within or outside the discipline are considering whether IS research output is affecting and impacting decision making in the industry. Meanwhile, the debate on rigour and relevance has lasted for decades but in reality, the debate and the gap still persist, in spite of efforts by researchers. Their efforts and hard-work seems ineffective. The study determined whether the needs of practitioners through rigour and relevance of IS/academic research and also to determine whether this lingering debate over these decades has worth from an academic viewpoint. There is also an ongoing criticism that IS research lacks rigour, relevance, effective communication and acceptance in the field as noted in the literature.
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information System and Data Mining, 2018
Online banking is a fast-growing trend in developing countries. It enables people to make banking... more Online banking is a fast-growing trend in developing countries. It enables people to make banking transactions without going to the bank. Online banking can be performed on any device that is connected to the Internet such as laptop, desktop and mobile phone. Even with this kind of innovation, its growth and convenience, most employees in Mahikeng are still not keen on using online banking due to some reasons including security issues. Mahikeng is the capital city of North West province in South Africa. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that affect employees' adoption of online banking in Mahikeng. The study strives to understand the factors, as well as the benefits which motivate employees to adopt online banking and their perception towards online banking against traditional banking. Quantitative research methodology was used in line with the philosophy of positivism and deductive reasoning. Questionnaires were circulated to 257 respondents across different government departments in the Mahikeng business district. The findings of this study indicate that most employees have used online banking. The study also found that security factors are the main issue which affects their adoption of online banking.
Proceedings of the 31st International Academic Conference, London, 2017
A wireless technology recently has become our life saver in the communication process and also in... more A wireless technology recently has become our life saver in the communication process and also in sharing of information. Private and public institutions, individuals, businesses, non-profit organisations, government agencies and other corporate have already invested heavily and grown the wireless technology operations. Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), is the common term in the process of connection local area network (LAN) with high frequency wireless. Wi-Fi allows electronic devices to connect to LAN and enables Internet access to devices such as the laptops, smartphone and tablets. Institutions in developing countries already make it possible to connect the LAN and also enable the Wi-Fi to allow the individual to connect their personal devices. However, the better Wi-Fi speed of upload and download provided by the institution, also increase opportunities to achieve their teaching and learning objectives, while the poor infrastructure of Wi-Fi limits the opportunities of achieving learning objectives. This study was conducted from the NorthWest University (NWU) Mafikeng Campus, with the aim to determine the impact of Wi-Fi (as new connectivity designation) in the academic performance of the students in a developing country. The study also determines how many students' use this technology for school related matter and how many use it more for personal reasons than academic. For the purpose of this study, data was collected using quantitative research method through questionnaire. The sample size for this research involved 370 participants. The findings indicate that majority of students find Wi-Fi beneficially to their studies, since it enables them to access Internet in different spot around campus and allow them to submits academic work on time and also enable communication with classmates and lecturers.
Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, 2017
This research centres on the roles and challenges facing the “School Governing Body” (SGB) in thi... more This research centres on the roles and challenges facing the “School Governing Body” (SGB) in this digital age where students and educators are more becoming tech-active and addicted. A case study was deployed in a school located in Mafikeng, the capital of the North West Province, South Africa. The 21st century learners and educators are making technology there daily necessity both within and outside the school premises. The Department of Education is investing in schools technologically. Then, the aim of this research was to find out the problems SGB’s face in dealing with these technologies and representing the schools in order to carry out their roles. The qualitative research technique was used applying exploratory and descriptive research pattern. Data was gathered through an individual interview with SGB members in the school and also, a semi-structured focused group interview was conducted with non SGB members. The collected data was analysed in themes and categories in orde...
HOLISTICA – Journal of Business and Public Administration, 2021
The study aimed to determine the shortcomings and identify factors that can improve the effective... more The study aimed to determine the shortcomings and identify factors that can improve the effective implementation of demand management and supply chain performance management in the department of community safety and transport management. The study, followed positivism paradigm in which quantitative research method was used to collect and analyse data. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data from the participants. This questionnaire was paper based and online (Google Forms). The sample was composed of the managers drawn from the department of community safety and transport management. The findings of the study revealed that when implemented effectively, demand management and SCPM will improve the entire SCM system. Also, the study revealed that there are drawbacks to these two. These relates to non-collaborative planning, non-adherence to legislations, misunderstanding of these concepts. The study finally revealed that there are factors that can improve the implementation of ...
Uploads
Papers by Prof. Joshua Chukwuere