Social Media and Politics – Role of Media on Separate Statehood of Telangana Movement

Authors: Dr. Ceguri Pradeep Kumar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/BJXDU

Short DOI: https://doi.org/ggkv8m

Country: India

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Abstract: Social media has become a fact of life for civil society world over, involving many actors -- regular citizens, activists, non-governmental organizations, telecommunications firms, software providers, and also governments at large. Social media revolution in the Indian political scene is real, tangible and accelerating. Keeping an eye on upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the objective of this article is to study the impact of social media viz. Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and You Tube on Indian politics. Social media has gained importance with the rise in youth population in India. As they are the one who use internet the most in India. Will this social media & youth change the wave of Indian politics? This article will cover these and some more issues related to Indian politics. The term "social movements" was introduced in 1850 by the German Sociologist Lorenz von Stein in his book "History of the French Social Movement from 1789 to the Present" (1850). Social movements are large informal groupings of individuals and/or organizations focused on specific political or social issues, in other words, on carrying out, resisting or undoing a social change. Telangana has been an everlasting and simmering issue for over a period of 41 years projected by the politicians in general and students in particular. The demand for a Separate Telangana State is deeply rooted among all the sections of society in Telangana region. However it is a fact that it continued to be a political issue in one form and succeeded. Social media like Folk Media, Audio cassettes / CDs, Video / Film, Mobile Phone, blogs, wikis, social network services, social book marking, and peer-to-peer networks. Telangana movement websites could connect the Telangana people residing across the nations in attaining separate statehood to Telanagana.

Keywords: Social media, social media and politics, Socio, Political Movements

Paper Id: 607

Published On: 2019-11-02

Published In: Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2019

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