Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2019

The role of social media in preventing violence against women

Ritu Talwar

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Technology has done wonders for the physical, social and cultural health of society. One of its latest contributions has been the internet and the social media through it. Social media provides advantages to its users by not just being a way of entertainment but its recent use as a social watchdog has added a new diminution to its existence. Social media is gaining immense popularity with the younger generation and informed seniors also. It is providing platform for discussions and debates in which the participants can share their thoughts from the comfort of their homes and innumerable people simultaneously. The plight of the weaker sections of society especially women has gone unheard for longer than it should have and is now being heard on the social media. Little sounds and contributions about their concerns and rights are getting together and creating an uproar that is resounding in the whole world. It is this social media that has changed the world into a global village where a person in a corner of the world can express his views and supporters from all over the world join him within no time. The significance of this media is evident from the fact that all the conventional media have also opened their portals on it. The social media is empowering people in general and women in particular for their basic human rights on one hand and sensitizing the youth about relevant issues and urging them towards activism.

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THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN PREVENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, RITU TALWAR INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-6 | June-2019

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