This Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 EDT, the Jamaicans.com staff are attempting to involve the diaspora in the debate surrounding the upcoming general elections. Users of the site will be able to pose questions via a chatroom or email them prior to the event and have a representative pose it on their behalf to members of the JLP and PNP. Though Jamaicans.com seems to be diaspora focused, I imagine though that those of us here in Jamaica can still take up on this opportunity.
This mirrors the approach my department took recently when we supported an event. The method only yielded minimal usage then. All things considered, the marketing surrounding that event was limited and so I suspect that may have been a limiting factor as it regards the potential take up for the service.
Something tells me that given the huge audience of Jamaicans.com (huge in relation to other Jamaica-focused sites) in terms of hits, a lot of persons will actually take up on the opportunity. I’m not aware right now of many other examples of this approach to having persons participate interactively and directly in ‘live’ events via the web within the local (ethnic not geographic) community.
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