Impact of ICT on Literary Censorship: A Study of Selected Controversial Texts in Contemporary India

Fujeena Abdul Kader () and Upender Gundala ()
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Fujeena Abdul Kader: National Institute of Technology Rourkela
Upender Gundala: National Institute of Technology Rourkela

A chapter in Causes and Symptoms of Socio-Cultural Polarization, 2022, pp 151-175 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The study investigates cyber-attacks on three literary texts and their authors to follow contemporary India’s latest censorship trends. While this is a global trend, the chapter emphasizes the current Indian situation referring to the three critical cyber-attacks on literary texts and authors—Perumal Murugan, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, S. Hareesh, who saw a violent side of social media, concerning their literary productions. To understand the phenomenon of social media vilification, the study engages with two terms; Post-Truth and Echo Chambers. A reading of three texts, One Part Woman (2014), The Adivasi Will Not Dance (2017), and Meesha (2018) with their respective contexts, the chapter tries to explore the role of Social Media and various Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the changing trends of censorship in contemporary India. It is observed that diverse political and religious sections control censorship, affecting polarization in society. Using social media as a platform, lurking under the comfort of the echo chambers, chiefly stimulated by religion, politics, and socio-cultural aspects, polarization is uncomplicated to trigger violence against the authors.

Keywords: Censorship; Indian literature; Social media; Post-truth; Echo chambers; Polarization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-5268-4_7

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