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The social media influencers’ attack on Justice Gavai
Joyojeet Pal In March 2023, we had done a piece on the concerted online attacks on Chief Justice DY Chandrachud by social media accounts. At the time, the Twitter API was available, we were able to do fairly fine-grained analysis on where the attacks were coming from, what they were thematically centered around. As an…
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An Emerging Lobby: An Analysis of Campaign Contributions from Indian-Americans, 1998-2022
Karnav Popat, Vishnu Prakash, Joyojeet Pal Click here for the interactive resource Click here for PDF version. Introduction The Indian-American community has become an increasingly prominent demographic in the U.S. political landscape. From 2000 to 2023, the Indian-American population has grown more than 150%, from 1.9 million to more than 4.9 million residents (Pew Research…
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Political Interviewing on YouTube: An Analysis of Indian Politicians’ Engagement with Digital Influencers and Media Houses online
Rudransh Mukherjee, Shaily Desai, Dhruv Raghavan, Joyojeet Pal to cite: Mukherjee, R., Desai, S., Raghavan, D., Pal, J,. (2024) Political Interviewing on YouTube: An Analysis of Indian Politicians’ Engagement with Digital Influencers and Media Houses online. Available Online at: https://joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/InfluInterview.pdf With digital media competing with mainstream media for shaping public opinion during election cycles, there…
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Influencer collaboration on YouTube: Changing political outreach in the 2024 Indian Elections
Sarah Khan, Rudransh Mukherjee, Joyojeet Pal Abstract With the increasing importance of highly followed accounts of influencers on social media platforms like YouTube, politicians have started considering these as an alternative to mainstream media interviews. We examined this trend and shortlisted five YouTube accounts that have featured high-profile politicians in the run up to the…