Watch: How Are India’s Most Marginalised Using Social Media to Get Heard?

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Description: Arfa Khanum Sherwani on the use of social media during the Shaheen Bagh and farmers’ movements in India.

Arfa Khanum Sherwani on the use of social media during the Shaheen Bagh and farmers’ movements in India.

Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Arfa Khanum Sherwani on the use of social media during the Shaheen Bagh and farmers’ movements in India.

In the age of a hostile, blatantly partisan and pro-government media, how are India’s most marginalised using social media to get heard?

The Wire’s Senior Editor Arfa Khanum Sherwani was invited by the University of Michigan to speak in a symposium on ‘Social Media and Society in India’ in April 2023. She delivered a lecture on the use of social media during the Shaheen Bagh and farmers’ movements in India.

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