{"id":660930,"date":"2020-05-19T22:27:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T05:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-project&#038;p=660930"},"modified":"2021-07-02T14:04:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T21:04:20","slug":"social-media-and-society","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/social-media-and-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media and Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This project conducts sociotechnical research on the impacts of digital and communications technologies on various aspects of Indian society.\u00a0 Our work examines the ways in which society and communications are changing with access to technology, particularly social media. Researchers associated with this work include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jopal\/\">Joyojeet Pal<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/monojitc\/academic-and-educational-engagements\/\">Monojit Choudhury<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/kalikab\/\">Kalika Bali<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/amshar\/\">Amit Sharma<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and several talented research fellows and interns.<\/p>\n<p>Our recent work has included research into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/misinformation-as-a-window-into-prejudice-covid-19-and-the-information-environment-in-india\/\">misinformation<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/watched-but-moving-platformization-of-beauty-work-and-its-gendered-mechanisms-of-control\/\">gig economy<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> in India, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/digital-divine-technology-use-by-indian-spiritual-sects\/\">online aspects of spiritual practices<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/when-the-king-turns-jester-a-carnivalesque-analysis-of-police-outreach-on-social-media-in-kerala\/\">memes in public life<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/affording-extremes-incivility-social-media-and-democracy-in-the-indian-context\/\">polarization<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/topical-focus-of-political-campaigns-and-its-impact-findings-from-politicians-hashtag-use-during-the-2019-indian-elections\/\">political speech on social media<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. See the Publications tab for more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To apply for a research fellowship with the Social Media and Society project, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/academic-program\/research-fellows-program-at-microsoft-research-india\/#:~:text=%20Research%20Fellows%20Program%20%201%20MSR%20Research,your%20interests%20and%20your%20contributions%20to...%20More%20\">apply here<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>To apply for an internship, please <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/us\/en\/job\/526585\/Research-Intern-India-Bachelors-Masters\">apply here<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>To apply for a postdoctoral opportunity, we are currently hiring for one position at the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/socialmediacollective.org\/2020\/10\/27\/smc2021postdoc\/\">social media collective<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social science research into the impacts of digital technologies on society, politics, and culture in India\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","footnotes":""},"research-area":[13554,13559,13568],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-impact-theme":[],"msr-pillar":[],"class_list":["post-660930","msr-project","type-msr-project","status-publish","hentry","msr-research-area-human-computer-interaction","msr-research-area-social-sciences","msr-research-area-technology-for-emerging-markets","msr-locale-en_us","msr-archive-status-active"],"msr_project_start":"2019-01-01","related-publications":[660531,697558,778852,660549,697567,863067,667245,697585,868509,671670,725065,868521,671679,727705,868530,671688,727714,868548,671697,727735,868554,671706,755590,631512,868566,677364,775102,660510,868572,677370,778651,660519,868578,697528,778837],"related-downloads":[],"related-videos":[],"related-groups":[],"related-events":[],"related-opportunities":[],"related-posts":[],"related-articles":[],"tab-content":[],"slides":[],"related-researchers":[{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"Kalika Bali","user_id":32477,"people_section":"Section name 0","alias":"kalikab"},{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"Amit Sharma","user_id":30997,"people_section":"Section name 0","alias":"amshar"}],"msr_research_lab":[199562],"msr_impact_theme":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-project\/660930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/msr-project"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-project\/660930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":757783,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-project\/660930\/revisions\/757783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"msr-research-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-area?post=660930"},{"taxonomy":"msr-locale","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-locale?post=660930"},{"taxonomy":"msr-impact-theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-impact-theme?post=660930"},{"taxonomy":"msr-pillar","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-pillar?post=660930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}