ONLINE DATA JOURNALISM – CALYPSO POLL
A poll was conducted on Facebook, a social media
website. The group poll shows that the participants are familiar with the
calypso art form. However, based on the respondents proportion there are not
fans of same.
None-respondents are being treated as no for the sake of this poll. Moreover, by viewing the poll it does not necessarily mean they participated.
A total of 20 people viewed the question, "Do you know what is calypso music?" From the viewers, only three persons indicated yes, while he other 17 were recorded as no. It must be noted that these no's were all none-respondents.
From this we see a trend of calypso being familiar to the participants, however, the majority ignored the question.
When asked if they like calypso music, though all three persons who responded indicated yes, there were a total of 17 viewers; 14 counted as no as they didn’t respond after viewing. This mirrors the response pattern of the first question.
Moreover, only five persons indicated they knew who won the Calypso Monarch 2018. Two persons indicated yes, while three clicked no. However, since 20 persons viewed the poll, 17 no’s were recorded.
Based on the poll it is clear that calypso is not necessarily a dying art form but it just one which sits silently in the background of the musical arena of Guyana. As such persons are incline to ignore the ‘hidden-from-eyes’ calypso music.
We have notice that persons were reluctant to participate in the poll, which is an indicator of their response to the popularity of this genre.
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