{"id":3112,"date":"2011-12-15T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=3112"},"modified":"2011-12-15T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T05:00:00","slug":"mr-sibals-social-media-concerns-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2011\/12\/15\/mr-sibals-social-media-concerns-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr.Sibal\u2019s social media concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mr.Sibal, Union Minister for IT and Communications, was quoted on two very interesting points by First Post<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
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a) Though the reach of social media is large, number who use it are limited. We are only getting an elitist viewpoint<\/p>\n

b) We want the social media companies to give a voice to the aam aadmi whose views are not represented in these platforms<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I actually agree with the first statement . The internet is India is elitist. It is. the reach of Internet in India is estimated at a 100 million. 38 million of these are on Facebook,<\/a><\/strong> the largest social networking platform<\/div>\n
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Social Bakers<\/a><\/strong>, a afantastic site for this sort of data, also tells me that<\/div>\n
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Our social networking statistics show that Facebook penetration in India<\/strong> is 3.53%<\/strong>compared to the country’s population and 51.11%<\/strong> in relation to number of Internet users. The total number of FB users in India<\/strong> is reaching 41399720<\/strong> and grew by more than 13094900<\/strong> in the last 6 months.<\/p>\n

Comparing these nearest countries by penetration of Facebook users shows that India has 0.07%<\/strong> higher FB penetration than Solomon Islands<\/a> and 0.16%<\/strong> lower FB penetration than Belarus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

So when Mr.Sibal says it is elitist – he is not wrong. 38 million out of 1.3 billion is a woefully small fraction. The elite fraction. It is also, the young who are adapting to this medium faster than anyone else. Also, 73% of the users are men. More women on the net, like more women elsewhere, is possibly a kinder, gentler net \ud83d\ude00<\/div>\n
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Demographics of FB membership in India<\/strong><\/div>\n
My issue with him is on his second statement on social media companies giving aam aadmi<\/em> a voice. Actually Mr.Sibal they are.<\/div>\n
Most social networking sites are available in multiple regional languages. There are blogs, FB pages, tweets in a myriad of Indian languages – enabling people who are not from ‘elite’ English speaking backgrounds to communicate effectively and forcefully in the language that they are most forceful in. Many manage communication in multiple languages.<\/div>\n
The internet should have been a tool that is available for all, that empowers people to communicate, share and interact. To let voices – marginal, mainstream, elite, mass and niche to have a say. But, where is the connectivity? Where is the IT policy that ensures that aam aadmi, or indeed, aam aurat – has internet access. Where is the content in various languages that will help change these lives.<\/div>\n
And finally, Let me ask you an even more simple question, you manage to bring connectivity, people miraculously manage to become literate overnight, become tech savvy and use a computer in any form – tablet, desktop, laptop, community PC etal – where is the electricity.<\/div>\n
It is all very well to put the onus on others. But, in this case that is wrong. The onus is with the Government of India to provide infrastructure – that includes schools, teachers, electricity, training, connectivity. Unless that is done, you won’t have aam aadmi on social networking.<\/div>\n
A piece of advice to you Mr.Sibal . My father taught me this before I began working, it is advice that i have taken seriously, to my benefit. When wrong, have the courage to apologise. I will respect you more for having said sorry. This is making a mostly capable person look terribly inept and out of it.<\/div>\n
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Also, do read Nikhil Pawa’s column on Who plays Judge<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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