
Prof. Philip K. Kankam
Head of Department
Contact info
pkkankam@ug.edu.gh
Education
Ph.D (Information Studies)
M. A. (Information Studies)
B. A. (Information Studies and Political Science)
Research Interest
Information Behaviour
Information Dissemination
Information Research
Publications
Published Refereed Papers in Academic Journals
- Kankam, P. K. & Baffour, F. D. (2023). Information behaviour of prison inmates in Ghana. Information Development. https://doi.org/10.1177/02666669231178661
- Kankam, P. K. (2023). Information literacy development and competencies of high school students in Accra. Information Discovery and Delivery. https://doi.org/10.1108/IDD-10-2021-0114
- Attuh, S., & Kankam, P. K. (2022). Community radio as Information Dissemination Tool for Sustainable Rural Development in Ghana. Journal of Radio & Audio Media, 1-23 https://doi.org/10.1080/19376529.2022.2146119
- Kankam, P. K., & Attuh, S. (2022). The role of community radio in information dissemination towards youth development in Ghana. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, . https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/GKMC-01-2022-0023/fu...
- Kankam, P. K. (2021). Employing Case Study and Survey designs in information research. Journal of Information Technology Research, 14(1), 167-177
- Kyere, I. and Kankam, P. K. (2021). Information dissemination during pandemics: a review on the Spanish anfluenza and the Covid-19. Record and Library Journal, 7(2), 254-264
- Kankam, P. K. and Baffour, F. D. (2021). Why librarians matter in the promotion of mental health literacy in higher education. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 15(1), 1-17
- Brobbey, E. E., Ankrah, E. and Kankam, P. K. (2021). The role of artificial intelligence in integrated marketing. A case study of Jumia Ghana. Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 13(1), 120-136
- Owusu-Achaw, J. K. and Kankam, P. K. (2021). The use of information dissemination to reflect altruism of Corporate Social Responsibility projects in Ghana. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal).
- Kankam, P. K. (2020). Mobile information behaviour of sandwich students towards mobile learning integration at the University of Ghana. Cogent Education, 7(1), [1796202], 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2020.1796202
- Kankam, P. K., Okyere, E. K. and Awuah, P. (2020). A Bibliometric Study of MPhill Theses at The Department of Information Studies, University of Ghana (2000-2018). Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 4282. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/4282
- Kankam, P. K. (2020). Approaches in Information Research. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 26(1), 165-183 https://doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2019.1632216
- Owusu, C. and Kankam, P. K. (2019), Information seeking behaviour of beggars in Accra", Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 69(4/5), 205-220 https://doi.org/10.1108/GKMC-07-2019-0080
- Kankam, P. K. (2019). The use of paradigms in information research. Library and Information Science Research, 41, 85–92
- Kankam, P. K. and Nsibirwa, Z. (2019). Internet access and information retrieval competencies of high school students in Ghana. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 2342. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/2342
- Nsibirwa, Z. and Kankam, P. K. (2018). Barriers to high school learners’ online information behaviour in Ghana. Mousaion, 36(3), 1-22 https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-659X/6009
- Kankam, P. K. and Nsibirwa, Z. (2018). Librarians role in facilitating high school learners’ information literacy competencies in Ghana. Innovation, 57, 14-37
- Kankam, P. K. (2018). Evaluation of Internet information sources by high school students in Ghana. International Information & Library Review, 50(2), 1-6
- Kankam, P. K., and Boateng, S. O. (2017). Addressing the problem of speech anxiety among students. International Journal of Public Leadership, 13(1), 26-39.
- Kankam, P. K., Nimo-Ntim, D. and Sackey, M. (2016). Information seeking behaviour of undergraduate students in the internet age. Journal of Global Research in Education and Social Science. 9(3), 158-167
- Kankam, P. K. (2014). Dissertations of African University College of Communications: A Bibliometric Study. Research Journal of Library Sciences, 2(4), 1-5