In case if you haven't heard, Victoria council has stunned the city once again with a brash proposal. After survey recipients responded to an overwhelming "no" to a councilor pay increase of 55%. Once council received the results, Ben Isitt suggests that council reduces it's services until they are paid higher. This is outlandish and the City of Victoria deserves a better council than these representatives.
https://www.vicnews.com/news/victoria-coun-ben-isitt-calls-for-limitation-of-council-duties-in-response-to-survey-results/
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Upcoming UK Election
Being a graduate of political science, I tend to annoy people with important election news. Regardless of your bias, or even if you do not vote at all, it is still important to be somewhat informed. Now would be a good time to get caught up with the upcoming United Kingdom election being held on December 12, 2019. Boris Johnson, leader of the Conservative party, called an election to push his final Brexit mandate. The Labour party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, is the opposition party looking to gain more seats and deliver a softer Brexit deal. Lastly, their is the Brexit party, led my Nigel Farage, simply representing those who are frustrated with the current state and strongest supporters for Brexit.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-08/johnson-leads-polls-as-election-enters-final-days-u-k-votes
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-08/johnson-leads-polls-as-election-enters-final-days-u-k-votes
Social Media - 2 - way Communication
The Social Media - 2 - way Communication powerpoint was eye opening to see how impactful social media has been has been on the way people communicate with one another. This significance is that there has never been a way to return feedback to the sender of a message before. Before, the sender could send out a message to people, but not receive feedback. Now, for the first time in history, feedback is being returned in the masses. As a result, the way we communicate will never be the same again.
An example of this new mean of communication is Twitter where everyone can send a message and give feedback. The unexpected consequence of everyone being being able to communicate with one another of Twitter is that there is a lot of chaos. If someone puts out a controversial comment then the feedback has the potential to be extremely negative which creates a poor atmosphere to communicate in. Likewise, the comment could receive feedback that breaks down into tangents, and finding constructive feedback becomes difficult. As there is arguably such a thing as too much feedback on Twitter, and it is important to mindful of how we communicate with one another going forward to ensure that we have the highest quality of communication.
An example of this new mean of communication is Twitter where everyone can send a message and give feedback. The unexpected consequence of everyone being being able to communicate with one another of Twitter is that there is a lot of chaos. If someone puts out a controversial comment then the feedback has the potential to be extremely negative which creates a poor atmosphere to communicate in. Likewise, the comment could receive feedback that breaks down into tangents, and finding constructive feedback becomes difficult. As there is arguably such a thing as too much feedback on Twitter, and it is important to mindful of how we communicate with one another going forward to ensure that we have the highest quality of communication.
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