Pankaj Tripathi talks about the pros of social media
4 years, 7 months ago

Pankaj Tripathi talks about the pros of social media

India TV News  

Actor Pankaj Tripathi, who remained elusive on social media for the longest time, says during the lockdown he realized the medium has its pros, too. I was always wary that being too active on social media will occupy too much of my mind space and I will start focusing on things that don't add value to my craft as an actor," Pankaj said. The actor, who has kickstarted a Facebook Live series where he narrates slice-of-life stories based on his experiences, says he has discovered the wonders of social media. "After I started my series, I discovered the many wonders of social media.

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MS Dhoni: If I take care of cricket, everything else will take care of itself
1 week, 2 days ago

MS Dhoni: If I take care of cricket, everything else will take care of itself

The Hindu  

MS Dhoni, two-time World Cup-winning former India captain, shared that social media and public relations in the same breath is more than a little odd. if I play good cricket I don’t need PR,” Dhoni said on the latest episode of ‘Tread Talks’ of Eurogrip Tyres. The 43-year-old Dhoni, who retired from international cricket in August 2020, is gearing up …

Actor Aayushe Khurana: I love sharing and talking about my personal life
1 month ago

Actor Aayushe Khurana: I love sharing and talking about my personal life

Hindustan Times  

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Get reprimanded for not being active on social media, says Saiyami Kher
1 month, 1 week ago

Get reprimanded for not being active on social media, says Saiyami Kher

Hindustan Times  

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55 years ago

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Wired  

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"Completely shocked": What Lauren Greenfield learned following LA teens and their phones for a year
3 months, 1 week ago

"Completely shocked": What Lauren Greenfield learned following LA teens and their phones for a year

Salon  

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Social media emerging as force multiplier for newcomers in J&K election battle
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Social media emerging as force multiplier for newcomers in J&K election battle

Hindustan Times  

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Arshad Warsi speaks out against social media’s influence on kids: You're consuming sh*t
5 months ago

Arshad Warsi speaks out against social media’s influence on kids: You're consuming sh*t

Hindustan Times  

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World Social Media Day| Parul Gulati: I call myself social media ki den
6 months, 1 week ago

World Social Media Day| Parul Gulati: I call myself social media ki den

Hindustan Times  

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World Social Media Day | Saif Ali Khan reveals he has a secret Instagram account
6 months, 1 week ago

World Social Media Day | Saif Ali Khan reveals he has a secret Instagram account

Hindustan Times  

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Tahira Kashyap says there is nothing wrong with Karan Johar’s brand of escapist cinema: ‘It’s beautiful’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Jaideep Ahlawat Told to Pay Money to Increase Followers During Raazi: 'It Shocked Me...'
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Jaideep Ahlawat Told to Pay Money to Increase Followers During Raazi: 'It Shocked Me...'

News 18  

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From village to viral: India's heartland influencers reshape social media landscape
8 months, 2 weeks ago

From village to viral: India's heartland influencers reshape social media landscape

New Indian Express  

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Watch out, your social media posts might cost you a job
8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Live Mint  

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Mirzapur actor Shubhrajyoti Barat: I can work on my craft but not social media
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Mirzapur actor Shubhrajyoti Barat: I can work on my craft but not social media

Hindustan Times  

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Scam 2003 actor Mukesh Tiwari: Being popular on Social media is no guarantee to success
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Scam 2003 actor Mukesh Tiwari: Being popular on Social media is no guarantee to success

Hindustan Times  

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So you want to be a social media star? Here’s how to make money as an influencer in 2024
1 year ago

So you want to be a social media star? Here’s how to make money as an influencer in 2024

LA Times  

Half a trillion dollars. “And more and more, I’m seeing creators bring in a right-hand person internally.” Hollywood Inc. What happens to social media influencers when inflation hits? “I just think they’re getting a lot smarter,” said Joe Gagliese, co-founder of Viral Nation, one of the world’s first influencer marketing agencies. “There’s creators who people look to and trust for …

The year of social media soul-searching: Twitter dies, X and Threads are born and AI gets personal
1 year ago

The year of social media soul-searching: Twitter dies, X and Threads are born and AI gets personal

Associated Press  

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John Legend says he’s taking a break from social media: ‘It’s truly better for my mental health’
1 year, 2 months ago

John Legend says he’s taking a break from social media: ‘It’s truly better for my mental health’

LA Times  

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The Israel-Hamas war reveals how social media sells you the illusion of reality
1 year, 2 months ago

The Israel-Hamas war reveals how social media sells you the illusion of reality

CNN  

New York CNN — As the Israel-Hamas war reaches the end of its first week, millions have turned to platforms including TikTok and Instagram in hopes of comprehending the brutal conflict in real time. This week, European Union officials sent warnings to TikTok, Facebook and Instagram-parent Meta, YouTube and X, highlighting reports of misleading or illegal content about the war …

Social media users should be more careful about its impact, reach: SC
1 year, 4 months ago

Social media users should be more careful about its impact, reach: SC

Deccan Chronicle  

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From X to Threads to Bluesky: the social media scramble
1 year, 5 months ago

From X to Threads to Bluesky: the social media scramble

The Hindu  

Of course you can be anybody on the Internet.. Social media brought people together, it was a way to make friends, find followers and fans. Everyone checked out your social media profiles — potential employers, potential in-laws, future best friends. Nevertheless, my 800-or-so followers were better than the 17 on Bluesky and it felt like it was possible to pick …

Social media stars, rarely unionized, try to navigate Hollywood’s hot strike summer
1 year, 5 months ago

Social media stars, rarely unionized, try to navigate Hollywood’s hot strike summer

LA Times  

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Opinion: Elon Musk accidentally ruined Twitter. He did us all a huge favor
1 year, 5 months ago

Opinion: Elon Musk accidentally ruined Twitter. He did us all a huge favor

LA Times  

The logos for Twitter and its new competitor from Meta, Threads. Mark Zuckerberg released Meta’s Twitter clone Threads last week, with more than 100 million users reportedly signing up within the first seven days. Meta’s opportunity was generated in large part because Twitter is collapsing after spectacularly bad decisions made by its owner, Elon Musk. We should take Twitter’s collapse …

Opinion: How I looked past Twitter and learned to like social media again
1 year, 5 months ago

Opinion: How I looked past Twitter and learned to like social media again

LA Times  

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Twitter: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and the bitter battle for the future of social media
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and the bitter battle for the future of social media

The Independent  

Just days after agreeing to a cage fight with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg was asked, “in the name of camaraderie”, to say something positive about his tech rival. “I always thought that Twitter should have a billion people using it… The idea coupled with good execution should get there.” His comments followed years of barbs between the billionaires, seemingly stemming …

Take note, Elon Musk: Netflix’s Beef is the perfect metaphor for social media
1 year, 8 months ago

Take note, Elon Musk: Netflix’s Beef is the perfect metaphor for social media

The Independent  

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Elon Musk, the social media autocrat
2 years ago

Elon Musk, the social media autocrat

Al Jazeera  

Like millions of people around the world, I have been closely following the debacle at Twitter since Elon Musk took the company over. Musk made his political intentions for the Twitter takeover quite apparent, tweeting in May – while the deal was still not concluded – a painting of Louis XIV, the “Sun King”. It could also happen with electric …

Talib Kweli Continues To Dim His Own Star
2 years ago

Talib Kweli Continues To Dim His Own Star

Huff Post  

Once again, Talib Kweli insists on shattering my heart through his social media tomfoolery. “Respiration,” the second single from 1998’s “Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star,” is among my top 10 all-time greatest hip-hop tracks; I used an English project as an excuse to lug my CD boombox to school and play it in front of the class …

Social media is divisive, driven by narrowness, Shah Rukh Khan says at the Kolkata International Film Festival
2 years ago

Social media is divisive, driven by narrowness, Shah Rukh Khan says at the Kolkata International Film Festival

The Hindu  

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan on Thursday said that social media is has a “certain driven narrowness of view” and it makes the collective narrative “divisive and destructive”. “Social media is often given by a certain driven narrowness of view that limits human nature to its baser self. Such pursuits enclose the collective narrative, making it divisive and destructive,” Mr. …

Generation Gap: I didn’t realise the dangers of being ‘very online’ – until now
2 years, 1 month ago

Generation Gap: I didn’t realise the dangers of being ‘very online’ – until now

The Independent  

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Column: Elon Musk’s Twitter and the con of online media
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: Elon Musk’s Twitter and the con of online media

LA Times  

Elon Musk is coming to a realization those who work in traditional media reached years ago: Content is never free. Musk’s pay-to-verify proposal reflects the realization of something those of us in legacy media have known forever — content is never free. Entertainment & Arts Column: Elon Musk is not social media’s biggest problem Many are horrified at the notion …

Sreejita De: Social media has made everyone the nosy neighbour you hate
2 years, 4 months ago

Sreejita De: Social media has made everyone the nosy neighbour you hate

Hindustan Times  

Actor Sreejita De finds it funny when people speculate about her personal life, assuming she is quitting the entertainment industry for a life in Germany with her fiancé Michael Blohm-Pape. Sreejita De got engaged to her long-time beau Michael Blohm-Pape on December 21, 2021 “As an actor, I put my life out there, because it is easier than refuting speculations …

‘The thrill of illusion is a trap’: Jill Busby
2 years, 4 months ago

‘The thrill of illusion is a trap’: Jill Busby

The Hindu  

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BeReal and the Doomed Quest for Online Authenticity
2 years, 5 months ago

BeReal and the Doomed Quest for Online Authenticity

Wired  

On its ascent to the coveted top spot in app store charts, BeReal—the French photo-sharing app launched in 2020—has been heralded as the antidote to social media fakery. The result all but usurped Pepsi’s counterculture image of “impudent insurrectionaries sassy upstarts flouting the dull repressive mores of the past.” As media historian Jefferson Pooley has argued, the more earnestly we …

Unsocial media
2 years, 5 months ago

Unsocial media

Deccan Chronicle  

Social media has made it ridiculously easy for people to take pot-shots at others. The latest victims are the high-profile former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen, and her beau Lalit Modi, who has also been in the public eye. As soon as Lalit Modi went public about their relationship, posting pictures of their international vacation together, practically the whole world jumped …

Kulbir Kaur | Ingroup vs Outgroup & other online aberrations
2 years, 6 months ago

Kulbir Kaur | Ingroup vs Outgroup & other online aberrations

Deccan Chronicle  

Social media has recently emerged as “ Villain No. I still remember his remark made with a blank look on the face: “I lost my son to social media.” His son had been waging a lonely online battle to prove that being a Muslim does not place him in the category of being ‘anti-national’. The anti-establishment, pro-people, environmentalist Five Star …

Excerpt: Digital Leapfrogs by Vijay Mahajan
2 years, 7 months ago

Excerpt: Digital Leapfrogs by Vijay Mahajan

Hindustan Times  

The increasing use of social media means that anyone, no matter where they live, has a voice and an outlet. Table 5.4: Top Ten Apps by Monthly Active Users Mobile Phone App Name Company WhatsApp Messenger Facebook Facebook Facebook TrueCaller Truecaller Facebook Messenger Facebook Amazon Amazon Instagram Facebook MX Player Times Group Tez Google Hindi Keyboard ClusterDev Technologies Paytm One97 …

Siddharth: ‘For me, craft and real human drama come before heroism’
2 years, 7 months ago

Siddharth: ‘For me, craft and real human drama come before heroism’

Firstpost  

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Elon Musk bought Twitter, you can switch to these social media platforms
2 years, 8 months ago

Elon Musk bought Twitter, you can switch to these social media platforms

India Today  

The news of Elon Musk buying Twitter has left everyone surprised and people have been wondering whether the platform will remain the way it is now. Zeve Sanderson of the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics told Al Jazeera that “If he undoes a lot of the work that has been done to combat hate speech and misinformation, that’s …

‘Social media has turned us all into performers’: Anita Ratnam
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Social media has turned us all into performers’: Anita Ratnam

The Hindu  

Seize the moment, tell your story. That’s the sentiment that’s driven veteran dancer Anita Ratnam for the last 30 years — first in her interaction with the internet and, more recently, social media platforms. Keeping things social Ratnam took to social media “for myself — to stay sane, curious, centered and positive”. In April 2020, when the pandemic began, she …

How to strike gold as an online content creator
3 years, 2 months ago

How to strike gold as an online content creator

Live Mint  

Co-founder and CEO of Yuvaa, a youth media startup working to empower the youth of India, Nikhil Taneja is passionate about issues that many Indians choose to remain silent on. From bursting myths around mental health to recently speaking against the media frenzy over the son of a Bollywood megastar arrested in a drug raid, Taneja, along with his eclectic …

Varun Sharma: Social media can get toxic
3 years, 5 months ago

Varun Sharma: Social media can get toxic

Hindustan Times  

Varun Sharma, a self-proclaimed fan of the digital content, is glad to have made his debut on OTT. “It is World Wide Web for everyone but for some people it is weird wide web,” says Sharma, adding, “I have always been a part of subjects and played characters that are relatable. Digital medium is such an interesting medium as people …

These books will guide you through the intricacies of social media
3 years, 7 months ago

These books will guide you through the intricacies of social media

The Hindu  

The more we dig into social media, the more there is to understand in terms of community guidelines, what is ‘in’ or ‘out’, what is a violation of our privacy, and more. ‘Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing’ by Chris Bail Chris Bail sees social media as a prism that “distorts our identities, empowers …

Jubin Nautiyal plans to get aggressive with social media presence
3 years, 10 months ago

Jubin Nautiyal plans to get aggressive with social media presence

Hindustan Times  

Following the year when virtual gigs became the new reality, singer Jubin Nautiyal says he has realised that social media will help him stand on his feet, and confesses that he is planning to work on expanding his digital presence. Jubin Nautiyal feels social media will help him stand on his own feet “I don’t plan on launching my own …

Amruta Khanvilkar: Young minds need to be educated on how social media isn’t the be-all and end-all
4 years, 2 months ago

Amruta Khanvilkar: Young minds need to be educated on how social media isn’t the be-all and end-all

Hindustan Times  

Amruta Khanvilkar is against the idea of anyone focusing on social media existence more than their real lives. These young minds need to be educated that social media isn’t the be-all and end-all. Toh social media par bhi yeh ho sakta hai na,” she quips, adding, “I also enjoy social media but the moment I realise things are getting negative, …

Social media is an extension of our physical world and it is rife with propaganda
4 years, 3 months ago

Social media is an extension of our physical world and it is rife with propaganda

The Hindu  

The 2014 Maharashtra Assembly elections were just around the corner. His research underscored what he calls ‘seed accounts’— profiles that swamp the platform with specific content through their networks to manipulate information. When such accounts are followed by the Prime Minister, the issue becomes far more serious.” A 2018 study by BBC, titled ‘Duty, Identity, Credibility: Fake news and the …

Shaheen Bhatt ponders over her social media usage, says it ‘rarely comes from positive feelings’
4 years, 3 months ago

Shaheen Bhatt ponders over her social media usage, says it ‘rarely comes from positive feelings’

Hindustan Times  

Shaheen Bhatt reflected on her use of social media after watching the new Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma, which explores the dangers of social networking. In a series of musings posted on her Instagram stories, she said that she came to the epiphany that her use of social media ‘rarely comes from positive feelings’. “Just like anyone who’s watched the …

"You've got to be careful": Sasheer Zamata on social media & her comedic influencer killing "Spree"
4 years, 4 months ago

"You've got to be careful": Sasheer Zamata on social media & her comedic influencer killing "Spree"

Salon  

"Originally it was going to be just purely an indictment of this horrible trend in America of white male mass murderers," says "Spree" director and co-writer Eugene Kotlyarenko. "Then when we came upon the idea that actually there's a lot that horrible people like that share in common with influencer culture." "Stranger Things" actor Joe Keery is Kurt Kunkle, a …

How social media stars are trumping celebrity endorsements with edgy, nuanced content
4 years, 5 months ago

How social media stars are trumping celebrity endorsements with edgy, nuanced content

The Hindu  

During the great digital boom of 2009, there emerged a group that challenged conventions and demanded front row seats at fashion weeks. Going forward, I see influencers turning into mini production houses that come up with longer shows like Dua’s Fake or Not for Flipkart and solo chat programmes. For example, celebrities would normally create a straightforward video for an …

Shilpa Shetty reveals truth of social media: ‘Low days, heartbreaks, insecurities concealed behind a mask of filters’
4 years, 5 months ago

Shilpa Shetty reveals truth of social media: ‘Low days, heartbreaks, insecurities concealed behind a mask of filters’

Hindustan Times  

Shilpa Shetty has penned a note on Instagram, urging her fans and followers to engage in constructive criticism and share only positive posts on the picture sharing platform. So, don’t let social media trick you into believing all that you see, and don’t allow it to play with your mind & emotions. Let’s try & make this medium a positive …

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