‘Slacktivism’ is the term came into existence during 1995 seminar series given by Fred Clark and ... more ‘Slacktivism’ is the term came into existence during 1995 seminar series given by Fred Clark and Dwight Ozard at that year's Cornerstone Festival and is amalgamated with 'slacker' and 'activism'. According to Oxford Dictionary, “Actions performed via the Internet in support of a political or social cause but regarded as requiring little time or involvement” is Slacktivism. When we emphasize on the digital media, there are 375 million internet users in India from October 2015 that the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) reports. Now, India is also becoming ‘Digital India’ with the aim to confirm the government services to be available to the citizens electronically by reducing paperwork and also planning to connect the rural areas with the high-speed internet networks. Internet access is more feasible in terms of its cheap cost and easy availability. The loophole of such media activism is that it only comes in handy with the internet user and India, being a developing country, has limited internet users. But what does Slacktivism do for subalterns who may not even know about it- the one who are placed in the subordinate position in the society? The term ‘subaltern’ has originated from the Latin words ‘sub’ i.e. next below and ‘alternus’ i.e. every other; one who has a lower status. In Indian society, it is evident that woman is subaltern in respect to man, homosexual is inferior to heterosexual; and casteism, regionalism, religion, language, tribal population and much more are the subjects for treating somebody as ‘Subaltern’. The main question arises here that, is digital population even fighting for subalterns and if yes, then does the less heard voices getting benefitted from such platforms? Although we can't deny the fact that social media activism has been a trendsetter in recent times through change.org and other campaigns. The researcher wants to unearth about the existence of such campaigns, for say #EndFemaleGenitalMutilation, for the welfare of subalterns that has been done through the Slacktivism and whether these movements are benefitting them or not. The target group for a digital survey through online questionnaires will be the young internet users aging between 15 and 40 (India has world’s largest youth population) by Purposive and Accidental Sampling to get diverse information why they are the part of ‘Slacktivism’ and do they feel it will help the cause or not, are they doing it for subalterns, do they even understand the terms and ultimately, how do they evaluate that their effort was fruitful.
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Senior citizens have been the prominent part of the Indian population. Earlier, they us... more ABSTRACT
Senior citizens have been the prominent part of the Indian population. Earlier, they used to be the head of the families. Nowadays, their situation has been changing. Now, they are being forced to live away from their families and are taking shelters in old-age homes. They are getting information from the sources like television, newspapers, radio, internet, etc. Newspaper is being one of the oldest sources and that is the reason the researcher has taken it as a tool to find out how it is representing senior citizens. To discern the representation of elderly, the researcher has taken two newspapers of January month- The Times of India and Rajasthan Patrika of Jaipur edition. It is important to identify how much news space have been given to them and what type of stories have been written with what purpose about them. To fulfill the purpose of the research, it is needed to discover the problems and expectations of senior citizens, two old-age homes of Jaipur- Shubh Shanti Niwas of Prem Niketan Ashram and Anubhav of Indian Council of Social Welfare have been identified to recognize the issues of elderly population and their importance and impact of newspapers in their lives. This study may provide that what are the problems of senior citizens and how these problems are represented in the newspapers, is it leaving any impact on them or not for example through the dissemination of the information of government and private schemes like retirement pension, widow pension etc.
‘Slacktivism’ is the term came into existence during 1995 seminar series given by Fred Clark and ... more ‘Slacktivism’ is the term came into existence during 1995 seminar series given by Fred Clark and Dwight Ozard at that year's Cornerstone Festival and is amalgamated with 'slacker' and 'activism'. According to Oxford Dictionary, “Actions performed via the Internet in support of a political or social cause but regarded as requiring little time or involvement” is Slacktivism. When we emphasize on the digital media, there are 375 million internet users in India from October 2015 that the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) reports. Now, India is also becoming ‘Digital India’ with the aim to confirm the government services to be available to the citizens electronically by reducing paperwork and also planning to connect the rural areas with the high-speed internet networks. Internet access is more feasible in terms of its cheap cost and easy availability. The loophole of such media activism is that it only comes in handy with the internet user and India, being a developing country, has limited internet users. But what does Slacktivism do for subalterns who may not even know about it- the one who are placed in the subordinate position in the society? The term ‘subaltern’ has originated from the Latin words ‘sub’ i.e. next below and ‘alternus’ i.e. every other; one who has a lower status. In Indian society, it is evident that woman is subaltern in respect to man, homosexual is inferior to heterosexual; and casteism, regionalism, religion, language, tribal population and much more are the subjects for treating somebody as ‘Subaltern’. The main question arises here that, is digital population even fighting for subalterns and if yes, then does the less heard voices getting benefitted from such platforms? Although we can't deny the fact that social media activism has been a trendsetter in recent times through change.org and other campaigns. The researcher wants to unearth about the existence of such campaigns, for say #EndFemaleGenitalMutilation, for the welfare of subalterns that has been done through the Slacktivism and whether these movements are benefitting them or not. The target group for a digital survey through online questionnaires will be the young internet users aging between 15 and 40 (India has world’s largest youth population) by Purposive and Accidental Sampling to get diverse information why they are the part of ‘Slacktivism’ and do they feel it will help the cause or not, are they doing it for subalterns, do they even understand the terms and ultimately, how do they evaluate that their effort was fruitful.
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Senior citizens have been the prominent part of the Indian population. Earlier, they us... more ABSTRACT
Senior citizens have been the prominent part of the Indian population. Earlier, they used to be the head of the families. Nowadays, their situation has been changing. Now, they are being forced to live away from their families and are taking shelters in old-age homes. They are getting information from the sources like television, newspapers, radio, internet, etc. Newspaper is being one of the oldest sources and that is the reason the researcher has taken it as a tool to find out how it is representing senior citizens. To discern the representation of elderly, the researcher has taken two newspapers of January month- The Times of India and Rajasthan Patrika of Jaipur edition. It is important to identify how much news space have been given to them and what type of stories have been written with what purpose about them. To fulfill the purpose of the research, it is needed to discover the problems and expectations of senior citizens, two old-age homes of Jaipur- Shubh Shanti Niwas of Prem Niketan Ashram and Anubhav of Indian Council of Social Welfare have been identified to recognize the issues of elderly population and their importance and impact of newspapers in their lives. This study may provide that what are the problems of senior citizens and how these problems are represented in the newspapers, is it leaving any impact on them or not for example through the dissemination of the information of government and private schemes like retirement pension, widow pension etc.
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Senior citizens have been the prominent part of the Indian population. Earlier, they used to be the head of the families. Nowadays, their situation has been changing. Now, they are being forced to live away from their families and are taking shelters in old-age homes. They are getting information from the sources like television, newspapers, radio, internet, etc. Newspaper is being one of the oldest sources and that is the reason the researcher has taken it as a tool to find out how it is representing senior citizens. To discern the representation of elderly, the researcher has taken two newspapers of January month- The Times of India and Rajasthan Patrika of Jaipur edition. It is important to identify how much news space have been given to them and what type of stories have been written with what purpose about them. To fulfill the purpose of the research, it is needed to discover the problems and expectations of senior citizens, two old-age homes of Jaipur- Shubh Shanti Niwas of Prem Niketan Ashram and Anubhav of Indian Council of Social Welfare have been identified to recognize the issues of elderly population and their importance and impact of newspapers in their lives. This study may provide that what are the problems of senior citizens and how these problems are represented in the newspapers, is it leaving any impact on them or not for example through the dissemination of the information of government and private schemes like retirement pension, widow pension etc.
Senior citizens have been the prominent part of the Indian population. Earlier, they used to be the head of the families. Nowadays, their situation has been changing. Now, they are being forced to live away from their families and are taking shelters in old-age homes. They are getting information from the sources like television, newspapers, radio, internet, etc. Newspaper is being one of the oldest sources and that is the reason the researcher has taken it as a tool to find out how it is representing senior citizens. To discern the representation of elderly, the researcher has taken two newspapers of January month- The Times of India and Rajasthan Patrika of Jaipur edition. It is important to identify how much news space have been given to them and what type of stories have been written with what purpose about them. To fulfill the purpose of the research, it is needed to discover the problems and expectations of senior citizens, two old-age homes of Jaipur- Shubh Shanti Niwas of Prem Niketan Ashram and Anubhav of Indian Council of Social Welfare have been identified to recognize the issues of elderly population and their importance and impact of newspapers in their lives. This study may provide that what are the problems of senior citizens and how these problems are represented in the newspapers, is it leaving any impact on them or not for example through the dissemination of the information of government and private schemes like retirement pension, widow pension etc.