Politics of Fake News: How WhatsApp Became a Potent Propaganda Tool in India

Farooq, Gowhar

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dc.contributor.author	Farooq, Gowhar	de
dc.date.accessioned	2021-08-25T07:57:19Z
dc.date.available	2021-08-25T07:57:19Z
dc.date.issued	2018	de
dc.identifier.issn	0976-0911	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/74603
dc.description.abstract	While the Internet and multimedia applications have made it easy to produce and spread media, they have also made it possible to distribute fake news to masses. With over 200 million active users in India and growing, WhatsApp's reach and features make it a top choice to spread fake news. This not only influences public opinion in India but has also sometimes created panic and incited to violence. This paper looks into how political propaganda is peddled through the WhatsApp in the form of 'news' (fake news). It also explores what makes the WhatsApp such a powerful application in Indian context, how do people use it and how existing laws in India make it difficult to trace the origin of the fake news.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen	de
dc.subject.ddc	News media, journalism, publishing	en
dc.subject.other	Fake news; rumors; WhatsApp; India; social media	de
dc.title	Politics of Fake News: How WhatsApp Became a Potent Propaganda Tool in India	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Media Watch
dc.source.volume	9	de
dc.publisher.country	MISC	de
dc.source.issue	1	de
dc.subject.classoz	interaktive, elektronische Medien	de
dc.subject.classoz	Interactive, electronic Media	en
dc.subject.classoz	Medieninhalte, Aussagenforschung	de
dc.subject.classoz	Media Contents, Content Analysis	en
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0	en
internal.status	formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen	de
dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	106-117	de
internal.identifier.classoz	1080404
internal.identifier.classoz	1080405
internal.identifier.journal	2041
internal.identifier.document	32
internal.identifier.ddc	070
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.15655/mw/2018/v9i1/49279	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
internal.identifier.licence	20
internal.identifier.pubstatus	1
internal.identifier.review	1
dc.subject.classhort	10800	de
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internal.pdf.encrypted	false
ssoar.urn.registration	false	de

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