This book investigates the Internet as a site of political contestation in the Indian context. It widens the scope of the public sphere to social media, and explores its role in shaping the resistance and protest movements on the ground. It also explores the role of Internet in framing debates on the idea of the nation-state.
This book investigates the Internet as a site of political contestation in the Indian context. It widens the scope of the public sphere to social media, and explores its role in shaping the resistance and protest movements on the ground. It also explores the role of Internet in framing debates on the idea of the nation-state.
Biju P. R. is Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Government Brennen College, Thalassery, Kerala, India. He is a writer, blogger and teacher with research interests in the Internet, politics and social change. He has written extensively on the interfaces of social media and politics in popular web journals, academic outlets and online news portals. He is a peer-reviewer for reputed journals such as the Asian Journal of Communication and contributor to South Asia Politics, and online outlets such as Merinews, India Opines and Countercurrents.org. He is the author of the books Myth of Social Media Politics (2016); Intimate Speakers (2016) and Intimate Revolution: Cyber Sexuality in the Antiporn Nation (forthcoming) and is presently working on a novel.
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Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1 Indian infotopia 2 Social media vigilantism 3 Engaged public 4 Social togetherness 5 'Friend power' in resistance 6 Pocket public: mobile phone and the mechanics of social change 7 Internet diplomacy 8 Expats on social media 9 Open government in social media age 10 Social learning: pedagogy of the oppressed 11 Cultural vocabularies in political Internet
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1 Indian infotopia 2 Social media vigilantism 3 Engaged public 4 Social togetherness 5 'Friend power' in resistance 6 Pocket public: mobile phone and the mechanics of social change 7 Internet diplomacy 8 Expats on social media 9 Open government in social media age 10 Social learning: pedagogy of the oppressed 11 Cultural vocabularies in political Internet
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