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Politics of Disinformation

Vol. 57, Issue No. 26-27, 25 Jun, 2022
Ruchi Gupta

Even while proposing a statutory regulator for social media platforms under parliamentary oversight and structural reforms in platform design and treatment, one must not lose sight of the essentially political character of the disinformation problem that cannot be resolved through regulation and technological fixes alone.

Social Media: Heralding a New World Order

In the present times, we see that though social media gives us hope to reform traditional political discourse, yet at many levels, it merely replicates it. Social media thus is becoming this peculiar tool that marks the inimical symptoms of our times.

Queerphobia over Social Media in India

Vol. 57, Issue No. 4, 22 Jan, 2022
Snehil Kunwar Singh

Increasingly, the all-pervasive use of social media in India calls for its regulation. Not only there exists no law to address queerphobic content over social media, but also the only possible regulation through social media content review committees has often been problematic. Any attempt at legislation has not been successful and hence the need for a new suitable framework.

 

The Transition to Big Data in India

Vol. 56, Issue No. 47, 20 Nov, 2021
Vikas Kumar

Lives of Data: Essays on Computational Cultures from India edited by Sandeep Mertia and foreword by Ravi Sundaram, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2020; pp 160, price not indicated.

The Protagonist of a Tolerant Society

Vol. 56, Issue No. 44, 30 Oct, 2021
Gopal Guru

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Ambedkar in 2021, Episode 7: Notes on Reading Ambedkar

In this episode, we speak to Gopal Guru about reading Dr Ambedkar.

​Rethinking the Democratic Dilemma

Vol. 56, Issue No. 22, 29 May, 2021
Navaneeth M S

Viewing tech giants like Facebook and Twitter as principal agents of free speech has far-reaching consequences on the health and functioning of a democracy.

Privacy and Manipulation: How Social Media Has Affected Political Discourse

As our interactions with social media and messaging apps become more and more pervasive, does our data remain private or can it be used by algorithms to tailor and manipulate our online experience?

Politics and Self-representation of Online Muslim Youth

Vol. 56, Issue No. 1, 02 Jan, 2021
Ravinder Kaur

This article is an exploration into the self-representation of online Muslim youth and their engagement with contemporary politics. It is based on an analysis of responses to tweets on the recent Bihar assembly election.

Predicament of the Social Media Ordinance

Vol. 55, Issue No. 47, 28 Nov, 2020

Using ordinance to protect freedom of expression from foul speech may result in damaging decent communication.

BJP’s Twitter Experiments and Tamil Resilience

Vol. 55, Issue No. 44, 31 Oct, 2020
Vignesh Karthik K R, Vihang Jumle, Jeyannathann Karunanithi

While the shock and awe campaign of the Bharatiya Janata Party and right-wing affiliates in Tamil Nadu social media circles has been spilling over to offline public discourse more than before, one still cannot but observe the inability of such campaigns to draw support from a wider audience.

S P Balasubrahmanyam

Vol. 55, Issue No. 41, 10 Oct, 2020
Ravishankar V Kommu

S P Balasubrahmanyam’s influence on the Telugu people extends beyond singing and cinema.

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