I am a troll : inside the secret world of the BJP's digital Army / Swati Chaturvedi
By: Chaturvedi, Swati.
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TextPublisher: New Delhi : Juggernaut Books, 2019.Edition: Updated ed.Description: 198 [10] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 978-93-86228-09-3.Subject(s): Chaturvedi, Swati | Chaturvedi, Swati -- Interviews | Bharatiya Janata Party | Interviews | Online trolling -- Psychological aspects -- India | Online trolling -- Moral and ethical aspects -- India | Social media -- Psychological aspects -- India | Social media -- Moral and ethical aspects -- India | IndiaDDC classification: 302.2310954 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| 302.23 WRI Writing about screen media | 302.230954 MEN Development communication and media debate | 302.231 SIT Situating social media gender, caste, protest, solidarity | 302.2310954 CHA I am a troll inside the secret world of the BJP's digital Army | 302.234 HER The global media the new missionaries of corporate capitalism | 302.2343 COL Colonialism and nationalism in Asian cinema | 302.2345 GAN Democracy and the news |
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Introduction -- 1. 'Blessed to be followed by PM Modi' -- 2. The BJP connection -- 3. I am a troll -- 4. Some other trends -- 5. Returning to the roots: the RSS link -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Suggested reading -- Acknowledgements -- A note on the author
Social media in India is awash with right-wing trolls who incite online communal tension and abuse and sexually harass journalists, opposition politicians and anyone who questions them. But who are they? Why do they? What they do? And how are they organized?
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