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Social media has generated a broader set of implications across the world and set a new predicament for communication dialogue and involvement. Here, we examine, measure, and predict the likely changes in day-to-day political communication among politicians through social media particularly Twitter, between voters and politicians, has shaped the political discourse in spatio-temporal dimensions and to what extent has it been revolutionized.
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Liberalization policy (1991) made many changes and reduced digital gaps wherein role technological developments, economic policy shaped the communication industry in India.
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Gainous and Wagner (2014, p. 4).
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For more, see https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pranab-mukherjees-rss-date-today-as-daughter-tweets-resentment-1863683, last accessed June 7, 2018.
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Moinuddin, S. (2019). Digital Political Revolution in India. In: The Political Twittersphere in India. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11602-6_5
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