Dirty tricks that debase media View(s):A few days back, I received an email with a couple of pictures attached. One of the reasons for the spread of social media worldwide is the growing disaffection and even disgust, with politics. There are several examples to illustrate how social media contributed to fuelling popular uprisings that led to regime change. Such spontaneous amplification of messages gives social media an advantage that traditional media including TV do not have even with interruptions to regular programmes with “breaking news”. We know that social media takes different forms — satirizing news, fabrication, manipulation, parodying of news and personalities, advertising and propaganda.

Source: Sunday Times September 12, 2021 00:33 UTC