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Technologies and African societies in pandemic times : using technology to survive and thrive during the Covid-19 era
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- Creator
- edited by Saikou Diallo, Jean-Jacques Maomra Boguri, Julien Atchoua
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London, UK : ISTE Ltd ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2023]
- ©2023
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xxiii, 164 pages)
- ISBNs
- 1394225903, 9781394225880, 9781786304520, 9781394225903, 1394225881, 178630452X
- OCLC
- on1390188812
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1. Covid-19, Information, and Communication -- Chapter 1. Reinventing Everyday Life in the Covid-19 Era: The Uses of Information and Communication Technologies as Tactics in an Abidjanese "Ordinary Courtyard" -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.1.1. Context and positioning of the research problem -- 1.1.2. Field and methods -- 1.2. Results -- 1.2.1. Social relational uses -- 1.2.2. Hedonic and playful uses -- 1.2.3. Emerging from the inactivity brought about by the pandemic -- 1.2.4. Uses for information retrieval and educational purposes -- 1.3. Conclusion -- 1.4. References -- Chapter 2. Ambivalence of the Use of Digital Technologies in Public Communication About the Pandemic in Côte d'Ivoire -- 2.1. Introduction: Ivorian context of digital technology use in the Covid-19 period -- 2.1.1. Literature and defining the Covid-19 problem in the Ivorian context -- 2.1.2. Objectives and research questions -- 2.2. Conceptualization of the social uses of technology in public communication -- 2.3. Collection and method for analyzing ambivalent uses of digital social media in the face of Covid-19 in Côte d'Ivoire -- 2.4. Digital social media, a popular source of information about the pandemic and a source of rumors and miscommunication -- 2.4.1. Digital social media, the preferred source of information -- 2.4.2. Rumors and fake news on digital social media, a remedy for miscommunication -- 2.5. Conclusion: understanding the ambivalence of digital social media use in times of Covid-19 -- 2.6. References -- Chapter 3. Fake News and Anti-Covid-19 Vaccines: Analysis of Facebook Users in Burkina Faso -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Methodology -- 3.3. The profiles of Facebook users and their content -- 3.4. Fake news in the representation of vaccine risks
- 3.4.1. The Covid-19 vaccine makes women infertile -- 3.4.2. Covid vaccines cause neurodegenerative diseases -- 3.4.3. Bill Gates and his geo-tagged vaccine against Covid -- 3.5. Facebook users confront the vaccine communication strategy and fake news -- 3.6. Conclusion -- 3.7. References -- Part 2. Covid, Art and Culture -- Chapter 4. Covid-19 Crisis and Musical Creation for Public Awareness in Africa -- 4.1. Introduction: musical creation for prevention -- 4.1.1. Music as a support mechanism and collective commitment -- 4.1.2. Covid-19, a reality in Africa -- 4.1.3. The fundamental questions -- 4.2. Musical information and the Covid-19 crisis in Africa: collecting and deciphering content -- 4.2.1. Objective of the approach -- 4.2.2. Review and analysis of the corpus -- 4.3. Musical works for health prevention -- 4.3.1. Health awareness and music creation in Africa -- 4.3.2. Music as a medium for raising health awareness -- 4.3.3. The issue of health governance in creating music -- 4.4. Conclusion -- 4.4.1. The Covid-19 crisis in Africa: a prevention emergency -- 4.4.2. Music as a communication medium for health -- 4.5. References -- Chapter 5. Rethinking Theatrical Performances in the Covid-19 Era: Strategies and Perspectives -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Brief status of Ivorian theatrical performances before Covid-19 -- 5.2.1. The glory years of theatrical performances -- 5.2.2. Theatrical performances facing difficulties -- 5.3. The situation of theatrical performances during Covid-19 -- 5.3.1. The negative effects of Covid-19 on theatrical performances -- 5.3.2. Positive effects of Covid-19 on theatrical performances -- 5.4. Theatrical representations: resilience and resistance -- 5.4.1. Theatrical performances as a source of social resilience during Covid-19 -- 5.4.2. Prospects for theater in situations of a health crisis -- 5.5. Conclusion
- 5.6. References -- Chapter 6. Tourism and the Pandemic: How to be Resilient and Creative Thanks to NICTs. Case study: Aloha Surf Camp in Morocco -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Research methodology -- 6.2.1. Field surveys using ethnographic and sociological methods -- 6.2.2. Research scope -- 6.3. Some geographical, economical and cultural notions of Moroccan surf tourism -- 6.3.1. Tourism in Morocco -- 6.3.2. The Bay of Taghazout: a flagship destination for "surf" and "luxury" tourism -- 6.3.3. Cultural diversity -- 6.3.4. Surf camps -- 6.4. Conceptual framework -- 6.4.1. Tourism and social networks -- 6.4.2. Digital nomadism -- 6.5. Results and discussions -- 6.5.1. Case study: Aloha surf camp -- 6.5.2. The surf camp -- 6.5.3. Crisis management: between resilience and innovation -- 6.5.4. From surfing tourists to nomadic artists -- 6.5.5. Perspectives for "Aloha" projects -- 6.6. Conclusion -- 6.7. References -- Part 3. Business, Education and Covid -- Chapter 7. Digital Technologies to Support Learning in the University Environment During the Pandemic at UFHB: From Hope to Disillusionment -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Digital technologies to support training in the university environment -- 7.3. Difficulties when appropriating ICTs within academic institutions in Africa -- 7.4. Improved access to ICTs, the digital divide in secondary education -- 7.5. The Covid-19 pandemic as a catalyst for the integration of ICTs into pedagogy and learning in the university setting -- 7.6. Methodology: meeting the students -- 7.7. Focus group characteristics -- 7.8. Smartphones, the students' tool of choice -- 7.9. UFHB students' perception of online learning -- 7.10. Pedagogy and experience of online courses -- 7.11. DSIC student critiques of the online training experience -- 7.12. Student suggestions for improving the organization of online courses
- 7.13. Discussion of the survey results -- 7.14. Conclusion -- 7.15. References -- Chapter 8. The Use of ICT by Students of the University Ibn Zohr During Covid-19: Uses and Representations -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Contextualization -- 8.3. Objective -- 8.4. Issue -- 8.5. Theoretical framework -- 8.6. Methodology and presentation of the tool -- 8.6.1. Sample -- 8.6.2. Questionnaire -- 8.7. Results and discussion -- 8.7.1. Some results related to the use and representations of ICT among students -- 8.7.2. Interpreting the survey results -- 8.8. Conclusion -- 8.9. References -- Chapter 9. Digital Communication for the Continuity of Socioeconomic Activities in Times of Covid-19 in Côte d'Ivoire: An Inventory of the Uses of ICTs -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Key theories -- 9.3. Method -- 9.4. The deployment of digital communication for socioeconomic activities -- 9.4.1. Political-administrative activities in times of Covid-19 -- 9.4.2. Digital technology at the service of companies -- 9.4.3. Online courses in the education/training sector -- 9.4.4. Religious services -- 9.4.5. Identified obstacles -- 9.5. Recommendations to better adapt digital communication to managerial approaches -- 9.5.1. A greater commitment from the state -- 9.5.2. Greater involvement of civil society -- 9.6. Conclusion -- 9.7. References -- List of Authors -- Index -- EULA