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  • Politics of Fake News: How WhatsApp Became a Potent Propaganda Tool in India

    Author(s):
    GOWHAR FAROOQ
    Editor(s):
    Jyotirmaya Patnaik (see profile)
    Date:
    2018
    Group(s):
    Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, Digital Humanists, Feminist Humanities, Film Studies
    Subject(s):
    Forgery, India, Social media, Communication in politics, Communication
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Fake news, rumors, WhatsApp, Fakes/forgeries, Political communication, Communications
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/45p0-vg35
    Abstract:
    While the Internet and multimedia applications have made it easy to produce and spread media, they have also made it possible to distribute fake news to masses. With over 200 million active users in India and growing, WhatsApp's reach and features make it a top choice to spread fake news. This not only influences public opinion in India but has also sometimes created panic and incited to violence. This paper looks into how political propaganda is peddled through the WhatsApp in the form of 'news' (fake news). It also explores what makes the WhatsApp such a powerful application in Indian context, how do people use it and how existing laws in India make it difficult to trace the origin of the fake news.
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    Published as:
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.15655/mw/2018/v9i1/49279
    Publisher:
    Media Watch
    Pub. Date:
    2018-1-24
    Journal:
    Media Watch
    Volume:
    9
    Issue:
    1
    Page Range:
    106 - 117
    ISSN:
    2249-8818,0976-0911
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    2 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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