Herselman, Martha EMuwanga-Zake, O2017-07-282017-07-282017-03Muwanga-Zake, O and Herselman, M. 2017. An Investigation into possibilities for implementation of a virtual community of practice delivered via a mobile social network for rural community media in the Eastern Cape South Africa. SA Journal of information management, 19(1), doi: 10.4102/sajim.v19i1.7302078-1865http://www.sajim.co.za/index.php/SAJIM/article/view/730http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9407Copyright: 2017 AOSISThe purpose of this article is to provide an overview of how a virtual community of practice can be delivered via a mobile social networking framework to support rural community media in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The article presents the results of a study conducted to ascertain the possibilities of utilising mobile social networking as a means to provide access to required information and knowledge to rural community media through creation of a virtual community of practice. Improving the operational effectiveness of rural community media as a component of the rural community communication process would serve to improve the entire rural community communication process as well, making them more effective tools for availing relevant news and information to rural communities and reflecting the realities of rural communities to their broader environment.enVirtual communities of practiceMobile social networkingRural community mediaArticleHerselman, M. E., & Muwanga-Zake, O. (2017). An investigation into possibilities for implementation of a virtual community of practice delivered via a mobile social network for rural community media in the Eastern Cape South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9407Herselman, Martha E, and O Muwanga-Zake "An investigation into possibilities for implementation of a virtual community of practice delivered via a mobile social network for rural community media in the Eastern Cape South Africa." (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9407Herselman ME, Muwanga-Zake O. An investigation into possibilities for implementation of a virtual community of practice delivered via a mobile social network for rural community media in the Eastern Cape South Africa. 2017; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9407.TY - Article AU - Herselman, Martha E AU - Muwanga-Zake, O AB - The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of how a virtual community of practice can be delivered via a mobile social networking framework to support rural community media in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The article presents the results of a study conducted to ascertain the possibilities of utilising mobile social networking as a means to provide access to required information and knowledge to rural community media through creation of a virtual community of practice. Improving the operational effectiveness of rural community media as a component of the rural community communication process would serve to improve the entire rural community communication process as well, making them more effective tools for availing relevant news and information to rural communities and reflecting the realities of rural communities to their broader environment. DA - 2017-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Virtual communities of practice KW - Mobile social networking KW - Rural community media LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 2078-1865 T1 - An investigation into possibilities for implementation of a virtual community of practice delivered via a mobile social network for rural community media in the Eastern Cape South Africa TI - An investigation into possibilities for implementation of a virtual community of practice delivered via a mobile social network for rural community media in the Eastern Cape South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9407 ER -