Panmedia Eye - July 2014

1. LIME and Digicel Battle on Facebook

Digcel and LIME are fighting for fan count in social media. For Facebook, Digicel rules with a whopping 654,427 likes, while LIME trails with 312,260. But LIME hasn’t given up. The Jamaica Observer says LIME's Facebook page grew 35.6 percent for the year, 29.4 per cent more than Digicel. "Most Jamaicans using social media are already a part of our online family," Shelly-Ann Harris, senior communications manager at Digicel told the Jamaica Observer. "It is expected that other brands could grow faster periodically, given that the potential market for them is larger and since they're pretty much trying to catch up."

2. Don't Friend Me On Facebook 

For those stepping out on their partners or having done to them social media now play a huge role in the dynamic. Cheaters tell their undocumented partners things like “Don’t friend me on Facebook”… while those partners sometimes get angry and go a bit further doing things like ‘friend the wife.’ More here: Jamaica Observer 
 
 
3. Social Media Coverage of Shooting

For those who missed it, a man of unsound mind disarmed a police officer in Half Way Tree and fired several shots in the area, injuring two persons on August 3. Many people went straight to social media to find out what was going on, a perhaps morbid example of the impact of social media on our society.
 

 
4. Facebook Photographers

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Everyone is a photographer these days, especially with the advanced smart phones and digital cameras. We notice though, that a few souls make greater effort to more professional looking stuff and use social media to promote their skills. Stush, Skkan and Ishango photo seem to be leading the way!
 

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5. Social Media In Business

 Although social media has been part of our daily life for a few years now, some companies are now arriving on the scene as they recognize that these channels are an important part of any integrated communications strategy.
 
Singer Jamaica, for instance, joined Facebook in 2014