Though I have been a Twitter user for 6 years, I haven’t consistently tweeted, nor have I actively attempted to increase my social media influence. I used Twitter for information, entertainment and to keep in touch with friends. So I rarely used hashtags, because I felt they were intrusive, and frankly, a bit tacky. I […]
Read more "Upping My Twitter Game: An Analysis of My Social Media Influence"TW: rape and violence This week, India was rocked by two high profile rape cases in Unnao and Kathua. Both cases involved government officials in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. In the Kathua case a group of men allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered an 8 year old Muslim girl inside a temple. The accused were arrested […]
Read more "(Twitter) Rape Discourse in India"We’ve all heard of Bollywood. But did you know that India had quite a lot of other ‘woods’ as well? Find out how the Hindi film industry got its name.
Read more "Bollywood= Hollywood + Bombay, Right?"The media landscape that we inhabit is not the same in which McCombs & Shaw first developed Agenda Setting Theory. In the original article, McCombs & Shaw point out that voters do not have an alternative means of attaining up to date information from the political arena apart from the mass media. With the growth of […]
Read more "Setting the Twitter Agenda for India"This presentation discusses Knowledge Gap theory (Tichenor, Donohue & Olien, 1970) and Modernization Theory (Marks, 2014). We apply these theories through an examination of contemporary uses of social media. In India, the rise of the internet has led to the rise of “semi-arranged marriages” (Jejeebhoy et al., 2013) and a growing dating culture. In Africa, we examine how millennials […]
Read more "Theory Discussion: Knowledge Gap & Modernization Theory"I had initially made a 50 second video titled “Thoughts Women Have About Facial Hair, which was in the style of existing formats such as “Thoughts you have in the Shower” or “Thoughts you have when you’re on your period”. After seeing some of my classmates’ videos, which were in the meme format, I decided […]
Read more "An Experiment in Viral Video"Here’s my Buzzfeed Vision Statement on how Buzzfeed could use VR in its content: Buzzfeed vision statement from Alyssa Lobo
Read more "What Should Buzzfeed Do With VR?"