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Reader Photo of the Week: Sunset in Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera

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The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Melissa Campau, who sent us this lovely shot of sunset in Governor’s Harbour on the Bahamian island of Eleuthera. Have you taken a great shot on your recent Caribbean vacation? Send it to us! Just email news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first […]

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The Most Social Media-Savvy Caribbean Destinations

Which Caribbean tourism destinations are best at social media? By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Social media is a big part of our jobs here at Caribbean Journal. As an exclusively digital travel brand, and the largest digital travel publication covering the Caribbean, it’s the fastest way for us to share all the Caribbean news, […]

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The Business of Caribbean Blogging

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Blog Promo by Journo FOR SEVERAL reasons the newspaper ad surprised me. Firstly, it was placed by a journalist, a journo as they are also called, advertising himself and his skills, in particular his blog. I’ve never seen that before. Secondly, this journalist wrote/writes weekly for the competing newspaper in […]

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Social Media and Caribbean Politics

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Counting Facebook “Likes” & Twitter Followers I’m preparing to participate in a workshop hosted by a commercial broadcaster in Jamaica. The focus is on social media and their roles in today’s broadcast media organizations. Thinking through key points which must be highlighted brought me back to my early media […]

The Business of Caribbean Blogging

 By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor The Northern Caribbean University – A Seventh-day Adventist Institution Reaching Out Recently the Northern Caribbean University invited me to serve as Keynote Speaker for the annual conference hosted by its Department of Communication Studies. The topic was “Using Media to help Jamaicans Remain Jamaicanly.” I was impressed by the […]

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: Mobile Lifestyle Revisited

 By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor No Tweeting & Facebooking on the Go Only six weeks in use, my iPhone suddenly started prompting me that I had no data plan. What data plan? After all, a post-paid service has always been my preferred payment mode. Having gone through several Blackberries over the past years, I […]

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 […]

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: Social Networks — Dipping In (From "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. Here, Forbes talks about her early experiences with Facebook. The following is the second in a […]

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 […]

Interview with Marcia Forbes, PhD

 By Alexander Britell One of Jamaica’s foremost media specialists, Dr Marcia Forbes has most recently been exploring the ways technology impacts Jamaican society and culture. Her first book, Music, Media & Adolescent Sexuality in Jamaica, looked at the ways traditional media – from television to radio, influenced the attitudes of Jamaican youth. Her newest book […]