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

In: Causes and Symptoms of Socio-Cultural Polarization

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  • Fujeena Abdul Kader

    (National Institute of Technology Rourkela)

  • Upender Gundala

    (National Institute of Technology Rourkela)

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.

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  • Fujeena Abdul Kader & Upender Gundala, 2022. "Impact of ICT on Literary Censorship: A Study of Selected Controversial Texts in Contemporary India," Springer Books, in: Israr Qureshi & Babita Bhatt & Samrat Gupta & Amit Anand Tiwari (ed.), Causes and Symptoms of Socio-Cultural Polarization, pages 151-175, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-16-5268-4_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-5268-4_7
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