The internet has fundamentally transformed society in the past 25 years, yet existing theories
of mass or interpersonal communication do not work well in understanding a digital world …

Critical assessments of the recent resurgence of right-wing nationalism have rightly
highlighted the role of social media in these troubling times, yet they are constrained by an …

The use of digital propaganda during crises and elections to manipulate public opinion,
suppress dissent, and diminish activists' voices has been increasingly witnessed in recent …

Research on the reasons for the unexpected outcome of the 2019 national election in India
can be divided into two strands: one strand examines the election without recourse to media …

Political organizations worldwide keep innovating their use of social media technologies. In
the 2019 Indian general election, organizers used a network of WhatsApp groups to …

Influencers are key to the nature and networks of information propagation on social media.
Influencers are particularly important in political discourse through their engagement with …

The recent surge of online mobilization among Dalits, who belong to India's most oppressed
caste groups, signals a remarkable trend in Internet activism and political engagement …

This paper sheds light on the implications of social media usage in the Nigerian
electioneering campaigns and political processes. This study is anchored on the agenda …

This essay examines the role of disinformation in the Indian general election of 2019. The
findings are presented against the background of previous work on the role of digital media …

This book provides a fresh perspective on the importance of the Hindi media in India's
political, social and economic transformation with evidence from the countryside and the …