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Marcia Forbes: The Internet and Inner-City Girls in Jamaica
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Marcia Forbes: Disrespecting Women (And Men) in Jamaica

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor The following is the second excerpt in Caribbean Journal from Marcia Forbes’ book, Music, Media & Adolescent Sexuality in Jamaica . The research-based book examines relationships between teens and TV, in particular through the music videos they watch.  Findings are based on the participation of about 550 Jamaican teenagers. […]

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Marcia Forbes: Music Videos and Youth Culture in Jamaica

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor The following is an excerpt from Marcia Forbes’ book, Music, Media & Adolescent Sexuality in Jamaica . The esearch-based book examines relationships between teens and TV, in particular through the music videos they watch.  Findings are based on the participation of about 550 Jamaican teenagers. The book explores issues […]

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Forbes: Jamaican Television — Moneymaking Versus the Public Interest

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Jamaica Jubilee Conversations To have participated in one of the five Jamaica Jubilee Conversations hosted as a part of this island’s celebration of its 50th anniversary as an Independent nation was an honour. “The Evolution of the Media Landscape in Jamaica” triggered many memories and led to this article. […]

Marcia Forbes: Music Videos and Youth Culture in Jamaica

 By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Heavy Burden of Imported Oil The figures stunned me. Anthony Hylton, Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce and Julian Robinson, State Minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy & Mining both spoke at a seminar recently hosted by the Jamaica Public Service, monopoly distributor of electricity in this […]

Facebook and Social Presence in Jamaica

 STREAMING: Volume 1; #Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles, written by Dr Marcia Forbes, analyses the responses from research participants in four countries – Jamaica, Dominica, USA and Trinidad – to give deep insights into youth culture, the concept of mobility and the social ecologies of virtual spaces. The following is the last in a series of […]

Marcia Forbes: The Trade Wars Between Jamaica and Trinidad

 By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor The Patty War Many in the Anglophone Caribbean would have heard of Jamaica’s Patty War with Trinidad. It came to a head in 2009. At its root was what some describe as non-tariff barriers imposed against Jamaica under the guise of the World Trade Organization’s sanitary and phytosanitary  (SPS) […]

Forbes: Mobile Lifestyles in Jamaica

 STREAMING: Volume 1; #Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles, written by Dr Marcia Forbes, analyses the responses from research participants in four countries – Jamaica, Dominica, USA and Trinidad – to give deep insights into youth culture, the concept of mobility and the social ecologies of virtual spaces. The following is the latest in a series of […]

Forbes: Women and Facebook in Dominica, Jamaica, Trinidad and the US

 Dr Marcia Forbes’ Streaming: Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles, examines the behaviour of youths online, using research from participants from Jamaica, Dominica, Trinidad and the USA. The following is the latest in a series of excerpts from the book published in Caribbean Journal. Facebook Means More to Females Gender breakout for all four countries showcases the […]

Forbes: Jamaica, Women and ICT

 By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor ICT for Women & Girls – Why? World Telecommunication and Information Society Day was May 17. This year’s theme focused on Achieving Equality in ICT for Women and Girls. The State Minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining in Jamaica, Mr Julian Robinson, was honest when […]

Forbes: Performing Identity Online

 The following is the fourth in a series of excerpts from Dr Marcia Forbes’ new book, STREAMING: Volume 1; #Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles. By Marcia Forbes, PhD Look at Meeee!! It has been said that we write ourselves into existence online. While this is true, it may be more apt to say that we perform […]

Choosing a Partner to Live with in Jamaica: From Marcia Forbes' "Streaming"

 STREAMING: Volume 1; #Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles, written by Marcia Forbes, artfully combines relevant and often humorous short stories to explain and support her research findings about what youths do online. Here, online refers to the Internet and cell phones. In this excerpt, derived from her digital ethnography, Forbes talks about her experience of life […]