As the number of smartphone and social media users are proliferating in the state, it becomes immensely important that the users do not become vehicles of online political propaganda and spreaders of fake news. During election campaigning for the 2019 by-elections in the state, a case was registered with Kangra Police against an unidentified youth for spreading misinformation about a candidate of a major political party. Superintendent of Police, Kangra had confirmed that the action against the accused would be taken under IT (Information and Technology) Act. During the same time, with the intention to spread awareness about fake news and to enable social media users in verification of fake news, a workshop on ‘Fact Check and Fake News Verification’ was organized by the School of Journalism, Mass Communication and New Media, Central University of Himachal Pradesh at Dharamshala. The major takeaway from the workshop can be summarised as follows- Read More
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Monday, September 30, 2019
Strangers to political influence of social media
The candidates fielded by the BJP and the Congress in the by-elections are less active in using social media platforms.
Published in The Tribune
The BJP won two consecutive parliamentary elections in 2014 and 2019. The party’s success in the General Elections is attributed in part to the efforts of its IT cell in managing social media platforms. Similarly, there is evidence to support the claim that social media played a key role in forming (manipulating) British citizens’ opinion in favor of Brexit. The Arab Spring, as some political communication scholars note, would not have made its presence felt globally had the revolutionaries not used social media platforms to raise their voice. READ MORE
Published in The Tribune
Social media has emerged as a new outlet for politicians
to connect with their voters. Social media has not only potentially minimized
their reliance on mainstream media but has also acted as an empowering tool for
a candidate having no political background and finances to buy space in
mainstream media.
The BJP won two consecutive parliamentary elections in 2014 and 2019. The party’s success in the General Elections is attributed in part to the efforts of its IT cell in managing social media platforms. Similarly, there is evidence to support the claim that social media played a key role in forming (manipulating) British citizens’ opinion in favor of Brexit. The Arab Spring, as some political communication scholars note, would not have made its presence felt globally had the revolutionaries not used social media platforms to raise their voice. READ MORE
Saturday, September 28, 2019
The Inconclusive Tibetan Paradox
Tibet's illegal occupation by China back in 1959 led to a prolonged pain of homelessness, insecurity, distress, and uncertainty.
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These eyes! Gloomy yet hopeful. They saw their houses looted and demolished to rubble. They saw their women raped, and their loved ones murdered and butchered. They saw things worse than a nightmare. They saw obscurity darker than a new moon night.
These faces! Dejected yet sanguine. They still wait for the darkness to get over. They wait for the night to pass and await wishing each other on a new morning of freedom and peace.They wait for their loved ones to return. They await justice for their women, children who were raped, tortured and butchered.
These souls! Perturbed yet calm. They are worried. Worried because China's dictatorial tendencies are rising. Worried because the aid coming from the West is shrinking. Worried because their future is unforseeable. Worried because their culture and identity are dimming day by day. Worried because their community is scattered and disconnected.
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
सरहदें, गुलाबी सी
दिन रात की वो गुलाबी सरहदें
जिनकी सैर पर हम अक्सर निकल जाया करते हैं
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