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SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICAL CONFLICT

    1 Author(s):  DR. AKHTER HUSSAIN BHAT

Vol -  10, Issue- 10 ,         Page(s) : 282 - 292  (2019 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

Information is power and this power can impact the public discourse. In today’s connected world, news is reported instantaneously. Apart from mainstream news outlets, social media has become another important mechanism that people use to stay informed. With live tweeting and live streaming on Facebook, the world’s pressing issues are at our fingertips. While average citizens do not have the opportunity to attend UN summits, US or New Delhi’s conferences, live media coverage has enabled people to follow the details of these events and feel connected to them. Social media in particular has played a central role in keeping people connected in situations of earthquakes, floods, Tsunamis and other natural disasters. Considering situations like Arab uprisings, Philistine, Syria and Kashmir conflict, social media has also played a critical role in bringing people face to face with the real situation on ground. All this wouldn’t have been possible given the biased approach of the mainstream news outlets towards such highly sensitive political issues. However do social media platforms generally circulate bias content produced by certain political or social organizations in order push their own beliefs and ideas or have these platforms democratized the flow of information in its real sense remains serious question. Though the use of social media by certain organizations to construct and perpetuate conflict can’t be denied at any cost, however how ethical is it to deny people with their right to free speech and its propagation through social media--particularly in situations of politically motivated conflicts--is a question that this research paper would through some light upon. Apart from it, the role that social media can play in creating and retaining peace and stability in conflict ridden areas would be on focus.

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