Tag: Social Media
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Media and Elections
With increasing corporatisation of the news channels, their close monitoring would be the need of the day.
June 21, 2022 -
Kerala: Social media ‘war’ between ex-CM’s son & Pinarayi Vijayan’s son-in-law
Currently, Vijayan is facing massive protests led by the Congress and BJP demanding his resignation in the wake of these allegations.
June 15, 2022 -
Trolls online
Social media like Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp are acting not merely as attention-grabbing tools for fighting gender violence and furthering other social causes but in a fast-moving communication era, they have become tools for cyber stalking or trolling.
June 10, 2022 -
Social Media Is The Next Generation Career Option: Ajeet Gunwant Parse
A leading social media strategist, Ajeet Gunwant Parse, says “the way you present yourself on social media in a way is like presenting yourself to the world.”
May 27, 2022 -
Disinformation spreads faster than facts
Journalism appears to be hostage to algorithms, artificial intelligence and machine learning. This trifurcation is not empowering citizens, as is commonly believed, because, at the heart of it, it is against facts — it sells a version of facts to its intended audience.
May 17, 2022 -
A break from toxic atmosphere
Robredo spokesperson Barry Gutierrez condemned the latest addition to the relentless online attacks against the Robredo family as a “malicious fabrication” and a “direct and vile response to the momentum” of her volunteer-backed campaign.
April 19, 2022 -
Many shades of the Sri Lankan struggle
The problem is that we cannot expect the same reaction or response from all these groups as their needs, aims, feelings, struggles, reasons and reactions are diverse.
April 16, 2022 -
Selena Gomez warns body shamers not to ‘B***H about’ her weight
However, the singer-actress shared that she's learned how to deal with the insensitive remarks after being body-shamed in 2019.
April 12, 2022 -
Show cause notice to 2 J&K employees for social media activity
The two have been given ten days to explain their positions or face disciplinary action under the regulations.
March 18, 2022 -
Research shows social media use tied to poor physical health
Lee said, the aphorism could hold true with social media use and physical health: The rich get richer while the poor get poorer. "In our previous research, we found those high in self-esteem benefited from using social media, but people low in self-esteem did not. So, the effect may be more nuanced."
January 25, 2022 -
Shopping on social media to hit $1.2 tn by 2025, India key market
Gen Z and millennial social media users will account for 62 percent of global social commerce spending by 2025.
January 4, 2022 -
Social Media: A savior or a predator?
Frances Haugen who is currently in the UK has told British MPs that Facebook is "unquestionably making hate worse", as the MPs consider imposing new rules on big social networks.
November 15, 2021 -
Twittering Machine
The weakening of democracy comes at a time of multiple crises. We are witnessing a dangerous new era of superpower confrontation. With the aggravation of the climate crisis, a large number of countries face severe economic contraction due to Covid.
October 4, 2021 -
Weddings with a difference
To begin with, South Asian weddings, with their rituals and rites and multi-day celebrations, are particularly amenable to image-making.
October 1, 2021 -
Social media influencers to corner Rs 900 cr in 2021: Report
A self-regulatory body of advertisers has also come out with operating guidelines for such 'influencers'.
September 17, 2021 -
CBI files separate chargesheets against four persons in case relating to derogatory remarks against Judges on social media
The accused have been identified as Dhani Reddy Konda Reddy, Pamula Sudheer, Adarsh [email protected] Reddy and Lavanuru Samba Siva Reddy @Siva Reddy.
September 13, 2021 -
When a distraction became activism
When the Taliban controlled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, they had imposed the wearing of the burqa, requirement of a male ‘guardian’ in public spheres, prohibition to work, interdiction to pursue higher education, risk of sexual violence, and forced marriages of young girls to the Taliban fighters
September 1, 2021