Harini Calamur's Writings
Media, Media Bias, Propaganda, Media Studies, Media Ownership
This appeared in the FPJ Earlier this week, leading advertisers in the United States of America, did the unthinkable. In the face of mounting criticism about the role of social media, in general, and Facebook in particular, in spreading fake news and…
This appeared in the FPJ In the book, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, Chris Hedges talks about the United States, but he might have as well been writing about India, the media, and the complex…
My earliest memories of TV ads was this girl, whose skin tone resembled mine, looking upset. She had been rejected by a man who had come to ‘see her’ with his family – to select her as his bride. She failed the…
… i just saw this ad on twitter And, a number of things struck me. The producer in me wondered about the production logistics of shooting this. It must have been a task. Just the thought of socially distancing a crew makes…
A few days ago Donald Trump, the President of the United States tweeted, as he usually does But, what was unusual was that twitter slapped a fact check label on this, that derailed the not very stable President of the US. He…
So, Elon Musk tweeted that he and his partner Grimes, are going to name their child (her first, and his fifth) X Æ A-12 Musk The best comment I saw on that Reminded me, in spirit, of this
This appeared on the 1st day of the year There are two broad polarised views on the start of the new decade – those who believe that the new decade starts in 2020, and others who believe that it starts next year….
This appeared on the 18 of December It is an universe of data out there – a seemingly infinite supply of data points about you and I, that are sliced and diced, then analysed, so that corporations and politicians can sell us…
This piece on Cyber Sovereignty appeared on the 15th of November All of us, citizens or businesses, in the real world are subject to some form or other of government regulation. There are checks and balances on our freedoms, and violations of…
This piece on Twitter banning Political Ads appeared on the 7th of November Last week, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the platform will not carry any paid political ads. He tweeted “We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on…