Soham De, Agrima Seth, Joyojeet Pal The military is one of the institutions that is held in extremely high esteem in modern nation-states around the world. While democratic states emphasize the separation of military and civilian leadership, the military is…
What #hashtag wars tell us about the organization of Uttar Pradesh IT cells, and how parties mark their allies and enemies
Asmit Singh*, Jivitesh Jain*, Lalitha Kameswari*, Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, Joyojeet Pal Pitched battles on Twitter are increasingly common among the key players in the Uttar Pradesh elections, since the praises, innuendo, and insults that take shape and virality on Twitter often…
Indian Journalists’ Twitter Report Card: Language, Polarization, and Provocative Speech in the Popularity of Journalists’ Feed
Soham De, Joyojeet Pal Following Rahul Gandhi’s claim that Twitter had been artificially suppressing his following online, journalist Barkha Dutt also suggested that her own following had plateaued, and that Twitter may have artificially frozen her online following, we examined…
Did Twitter Consciously Undermine an Opposition Leader in India? An Analysis of the Rahul Gandhi Following Affair
Anmol Panda, Joyojeet Pal A complaint from Rahul Gandhi to Twitter about the stagnation in his Twitter following triggered a conversation about the social media giant’s possible role in undermining political speech. Gandhi’s team alleged that the stagnation, and occasional…
Uttar Pradesh Elections and Twitter: The Cast of Characters
Uttar Pradesh Elections and Twitter: An Introduction to the Cast of Characters Jivitesh Jain*, Asmit Singh*, Lalitha Kameswari, Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, Joyojeet Pal The Uttar Pradesh elections are being fought on social media just as much as they are in the…
Polarity of News Sources among Indian Politicians
Dibyendu Mishra and Joyojeet Pal (suggested citation: Mishra, D. and Pal, J. (2020) Polarity of News Sources among Indian Politicians. https://joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/polarity-of-indian-news-sources-among-politicians/ ) We plotted the major Indian news sources and which politicians tweeted stories by them between Jan 2019 and Feb 2020.…