Tagged: Social Media

The Influence of Media in Elections 2014

This short snippet was recorded for the “Listening Post” feature on Al Jazeera titled, “Indian media: Choosing sides?”  I was responding to the specific question, “..what influence do you think Indian mainstream media outlets...

Is this the end of my fb page?

Over the last few weeks, I began to notice an odd trend on my facebook page.. The “Total Reach” of my posts began to show a marked drop in numbers (see the first 2...

Preparing for the Perfect Storm

While reading Swapan Dasgupta’s take on the Rushdie affair, I stumbled on these lines (emphasis added): Those who felt offended and let down by Rushdie’s absence from Jaipur were regarded as inconsequential members of...