Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2017
Post Truth Society: Public Opinion and Social Media
V. P Rakesh
Abstract :
Media has witnessed phenomenal growth as well as changes during the last few decades . The growth rate of social media is unexpectedly very high. Especially Facebook, and Twitter have grown faster and captured millions of users in just a few years. The way digital technology is becoming accessible , it is obvious that more and more people will join the social media specially in developing . Though social media has democratized information – access to information as well expression of opinion ,, still the growth of social media is not without its perils. For example it could intrude into private space of individuals and often used to create hype. Among the plethora of information and opinion – it is a formidable task to separate authentic information from opinion, and objectivity and perception. Social media is often being used to obfuscate reality. It has been witnessed in recent elections and other public policy debates that objectivity is gradually being pushed aside and perceptions have dominated the scene in developing public opinion ,
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DOI : 10.36106/ijar
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V.P Rakesh, Post Truth Society: Public Opinion and Social Media, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾2 | February‾2017
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