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joyojeet pal

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joyojeet pal

@joyopal

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joyojeet pal
@joyopal
Sep 24, 2022
We systematically studied the #BoycottBollywood activity on social media with attention to drivers and network characteristics. TL;DR: 1 Ideated by key RW influencers 2 Trended by Sushant Singh Rajput fans 3 Presents South film industry as morally superior Thread / full paper
joyojeet pal
@joyopal
May 30, 2023
There is a large scale, organized attack against DY Chandrachud on social media, presenting him as an internal enemy, a foreign agent, and a threat to democracy. We examined Twitter activity to seek out the drivers of this attack, and the narratives these help build.
joyojeet pal
@joyopal
Apr 28, 2020
2 weeks ago, a diplomatic victory was claimed as @WhiteHouse followed @narendramodi & several Indian accounts, post export of anti-malarial drugs We tracked following behavior. Now @narendramodi & rest have been unfollowed. Do we get the drugs back, or was 2 weeks the deal?
joyojeet pal
@joyopal
Mar 13, 2022
Rejoicing an Indian film winning IMDB's GOAT rating? As someone who studies these things, we only won the population war. You can go watch Kashmir Files to confirm if it is the greatest film ever, or I can explain with data, if that does anything for you, why @IMDb is broken
joyojeet pal
@joyopal
Jan 26, 2023
If the BBC Documentary is to be blocking, we may want to think about blocking the US Congressional records as well, since a number of documents publicly available, including a bill introduced in Congress, say roughly the same thing about Modi's role in the riots. A thread.
joyojeet pal
@joyopal
Aug 1, 2023
Faculty around the world should look @AshokaUniv for justification on why tenure matters, and how weak institutions throw junior faculty under the bus. Not only is @sabya_economist 's work empirically solid, it is supported by the work in several other fields, including ours 🧵
Ashoka University
@AshokaUniv
Aug 1, 2023
Ashoka University is dismayed by the speculation and debate around a recent paper by one of its faculty members (Sabyasachi Das, Assistant Professor of Economics) and the university's position on its contents. As a matter of record, Ashoka University is focused on excellence in
joyojeet pal
@joyopal
Jul 6, 2023
Evidence of how powerless a section of society is in the fact that after the first incredible humiliation, one can be made to participate in a public and scripted event for the absolution of the class that perpetrates this.
NDTV
@ndtv
Jul 6, 2023
"I Apologise": Shivraj Chouhan Washes Feet Of Tribal Man Who Was Peed On
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joyojeet pal
@joyopal
Sep 24, 2022
Replying to @joyopal
We found 1,438,221 tweets from 167,989 accounts, posted b/w Aug 1, and Sep 12, 2022 that used the #BoycottBollywood hashtag. 336 accounts had over 1000 tweets on Bollywood in this period, suggesting organized behavior in a subset of accounts.
joyojeet pal
@joyopal
Oct 27, 2021
I recently transitioned (back) from an industry job at @msftresearch to a faculty gig. I've been asked by several people to comment on the choice. To start, I had better work-life balance in the industry than I ever did working in academia.
joyojeet pal
@joyopal
Sep 24, 2022
Replying to @joyopal
This is work by the exceptional @SheyrilAgarwal A link to the full paper and interactive charts is availale here: joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/boycottbollywo…
joyojeet pal
@joyopal
Mar 29, 2023
#BoycottPathaan didn't hurt the box office. It was the second time, after the failed effort to undermine Aryan Khan, that @iamsrk beat the trolls on Twitter, apparently without trying. But the bigger story is about creating a 'Godi Bollywood' joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/pathaan 🧵
joyojeet pal
@joyopal
Sep 24, 2022
Replying to @joyopal
We mapped the timeline of when activity peaked, these tend to be just before the release of a film. The bigger budget films tend to get more attacked than the smaller budget films. Most trolling excludes South films, with the exception of Liger
joyojeet pal
@joyopal
Sep 24, 2022
Replying to @joyopal
We found a large number of ghost accounts. 12,889 out of 167,989 accounts that had at least once sent an anti-Bollywood message had 0 followers. This suggests collusive behavior, since an account with no followers has no incentive to flood Twitter with messages.
joyojeet pal
@joyopal
Apr 12, 2022
Essentially ONE man could come out and make a statement, and stop all of this. But of course, that is a choice.
CJ Werleman
@cjwerleman
Apr 12, 2022
Thousands of armed Indian government backed Hindu extremists threaten Muslims at a mosque in Sarangpur, Madhya Pradesh. #IndiaMuslimGenocideAlert
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