http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2023(VI-II).05
10.31703/gfpr.2023(VI-II).05
Published : Jun 2023
Analyzing Digital Propaganda in the Indian Sub-continent
Regional This article examines the existing response strategies of Pakistan to Indian digital propaganda. By analyzing selected hashtags over the past five years, media reports, policy matters and academic scholarship, the researcher has identified a number of deficiencies in the prevalent approach and offers policy recommendations for better practices. Overall, this article recommends that Pakistan should articulate a response strategy that has clear objectives, is powered by algorithms, should include news actors and utilize the void created by Modi’s ideological populism in India.
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Indian Digital Propaganda, Pakistan Response, Algorithms, Visuals, Conflicts, Populism
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(1) Syed Inam ur Rahman
Assistant Professor/Incharge, Department of Media and Communication Studies (DMCS), International Islamic University (IIU), Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Shabir Hussain
Professor, Department of Media Studies, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Mariam Asif
Lecturer, National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Rahman, S. I. u., Hussain, S., & Asif, M. (2023). Analyzing Digital Propaganda in the Indian Sub-continent. Global Foreign Policies Review, VI(II), 53-63. https://doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2023(VI-II).05
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CHICAGO : Rahman, Syed Inam ur, Shabir Hussain, and Mariam Asif. 2023. "Analyzing Digital Propaganda in the Indian Sub-continent." Global Foreign Policies Review, VI (II): 53-63 doi: 10.31703/gfpr.2023(VI-II).05
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HARVARD : RAHMAN, S. I. U., HUSSAIN, S. & ASIF, M. 2023. Analyzing Digital Propaganda in the Indian Sub-continent. Global Foreign Policies Review, VI, 53-63.
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MHRA : Rahman, Syed Inam ur, Shabir Hussain, and Mariam Asif. 2023. "Analyzing Digital Propaganda in the Indian Sub-continent." Global Foreign Policies Review, VI: 53-63
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MLA : Rahman, Syed Inam ur, Shabir Hussain, and Mariam Asif. "Analyzing Digital Propaganda in the Indian Sub-continent." Global Foreign Policies Review, VI.II (2023): 53-63 Print.
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OXFORD : Rahman, Syed Inam ur, Hussain, Shabir, and Asif, Mariam (2023), "Analyzing Digital Propaganda in the Indian Sub-continent", Global Foreign Policies Review, VI (II), 53-63
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TURABIAN : Rahman, Syed Inam ur, Shabir Hussain, and Mariam Asif. "Analyzing Digital Propaganda in the Indian Sub-continent." Global Foreign Policies Review VI, no. II (2023): 53-63. https://doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2023(VI-II).05