Dear Editor,
In an age that is being touted as the information age, I was most disturbed by a jab against the JLP leader by his challenger Audley Shaw.
Among other things, Shaw sought to communicate to JLP delegates, and by extension, the rest of Jamaica, that were he to be successful in his bid for leadership he will not be a Facebook or Twitter leader.
As I understand it, both Messrs Shaw and Holness have digital presence. Shaw's problem, perhaps, is that Holness's following and presence on social media surpasses his many times over. I find Shaw's remark most disingenuous as his team is now busy seeking to ramp up his activities on social media in the face of his bid for leadership.
We now live in a world where everything is available to us at the touch of a button, or better yet at the click of a mouse or app. Doesnt Shaw recognise that technology is to be embraced as this is the direction in which our contemporaries around the world are heading? Or is it that he is altogether out of touch with the demographics of this Jamaican society?
Reaching out to people by way of social media is a key medium of engagement in the modern world and does not militate against other activities that the leader of a major political party, like Andrew Holness, is expected to undertake.
Camille Wedderburn
UWI Student
camillewedderburn@gmail.com
Today's leader can't shun Facebook/Twitter
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In an age that is being touted as the information age, I was most disturbed by a jab against the JLP leader by his challenger Audley Shaw.
Among other things, Shaw sought to communicate to JLP delegates, and by extension, the rest of Jamaica, that were he to be successful in his bid for leadership he will not be a Facebook or Twitter leader.
As I understand it, both Messrs Shaw and Holness have digital presence. Shaw's problem, perhaps, is that Holness's following and presence on social media surpasses his many times over. I find Shaw's remark most disingenuous as his team is now busy seeking to ramp up his activities on social media in the face of his bid for leadership.
We now live in a world where everything is available to us at the touch of a button, or better yet at the click of a mouse or app. Doesnt Shaw recognise that technology is to be embraced as this is the direction in which our contemporaries around the world are heading? Or is it that he is altogether out of touch with the demographics of this Jamaican society?
Reaching out to people by way of social media is a key medium of engagement in the modern world and does not militate against other activities that the leader of a major political party, like Andrew Holness, is expected to undertake.
Camille Wedderburn
UWI Student
camillewedderburn@gmail.com
Today's leader can't shun Facebook/Twitter
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