
An insightful post by Reena.
The Influence of
Social Media
The reach of the social media is utilized
- to project politically motivated opinions and
ideologies. - to drown the voices of sanity by trolling.
- To generate user content for the business
entities which make their millions through it. - To divide the population into manageable chunks,
so that they never become a powerful unified lobby. Issues that can whip up a
frenzy of emotion are carefully chosen. - To divert attention from other issues that can
expose the Lobbies. People are busy celebrating ‘never-heard-before’ Days and Weeks,
or analysing the implications of an isolated statement, rather than think about
the economic issues or corruption in high echelons. - To crowd-source ideas for rationalization of
their actions. The same are immediately repackaged and sold. - To collect qualitative and quantitative data on
opinions and waves, which is used for conversion to vote banks. - To encash on popular sentiment.
- To collect inputs…
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Depressing business really. 😦
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So true.
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Thanks for sharing, Indira!
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You are welcome, dear. I liked it very much.
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