LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 18:7 July 2018
ISSN 1930-2940

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Media, Technology and Protest: An Indian Experience

Dr. Krishna Sankar Kusuma

Abstract

Internet and social media has revolutionised many things in the societies across the globe. It has used both positively and negatively, but the impact is much powerful than the traditional electronic media. The paper discusses how media with rise of technological tools made social communication more powerful and networked. In India internet became a great alternative media platform to raise civil society voice against oppression. Internet or Social media is a double-edged sword, it has also able to spread effective rumours, fake news and hatred. This paper is an attempt to examine the relation between protest and social movement with communication technologies in India.

Keywords: Social media, Lynching, fake news, protest, Media, Internet, cyber protest

Introduction

Technology has been one of the important intruders in our everyday life. The social movements traditionally on streets are now visible on internet-based digital mediums. It is important to theorize various aspects of cyber protests. In India we need to understand the dynamics of both online and offline new social movements. The process of communication, ecosystem and synthesis of this new social protest needed to be decoded by studying various case studies in India.

The paper deals only with the case studies from India. The terminology used may vary like cyber protest, social media protest, social activism, digital protest, etc. The paper focuses specifically on social media and other forms of Media in general.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Dr. Krishna Sankar Kusuma
Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade)
AJK Mass Communication Research Centre
Jamia Millia Islamia
Jamia Nagar
New Delhi-110025
India
kusumakk@gmail.com

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