Tag: digital

Digital Blackface 4.5 (2)

In the world of digitization, we are exposed to a plethora of content every day. While our plates are already full, more content is added for our consumption. But in this content binging, we have been conveniently neglecting an issue that dates back to the 19th century. ‘Digital Blackface’ – a social phenomenon that encourages racial discrimination and provokes prejudices against black people. As the name suggests, digital blackface refers to white people disguising themselves as black on technological platforms and facilitating the spread of hatred against the black community.

The Unhitched Paradox Brought in by Digitization 5 (2)

The ingress of this unsolicited gate crasher (COVID-19), apparently here to stay has boggled the rhythm of this planet affecting every mortal’s life. This contagion spread like a wave reaching the shore, leaving the population flabbergasted in its wake. It has indisputably inflicted our mere psychological being. But like all things, the world couldn’t afford to stand still and hence opted to continue communication by accommodating the online paradigm. We will explore this through three common threads of online experience: school, college, and social media.

Cancel Culture Simply A Chilling Effect? 4.2 (12)

I’m sure we all have, if not experienced at least, observed people calling out one another on their offensive words, posts or tweets that have hurt certain sentiments or groups. Such people take their offence to social media in order to gain support and make themselves heard, and it’s not too long until others have […]