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India's election: The impact of independent journalists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dxr1cfZ4JE Jun 7, 2024  FRANCE 24 English India is the world’s biggest democracy and also has one of the biggest media landscapes. But some critics say there has been an illusion of choice. Politically the opposition is not on a level playing field and mainstream media are accused of being mouthpieces of the government. We speak to journalist Smita Sharma and Saurabh Shukla, co-founder of The Red Mike, an independent media outlet with more than half a million followers on YouTube.

India's surprising election results and the verdict on the media https://youtu.be/wTITvNd0eHo?t=36 | The Listening Post Al Jazeera English . Will this new configuration loosen the screws on Indian media and give them space to reinvest in journalism rather than the sycophancy that dominated the airwaves so much of the time this past decade?

How Does The West See India's Poll Results https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQJSvt6UStg  For months Western media and think tanks were busy in dissecting the possibility of a consecutive third term in power for India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and its possible negative consequences--in their view--about backsliding of democracy in India, erosion of institutional independence and rising majoritarian tendencies and more. The outcome of the world's largest election may not have been on the expected lines for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP since it fell short of majority on its own in the lower house of parliament but Prime Minister Modi is going nowhere. He is all set to take office for the third time on Sunday, albeit at the head of a multi-party coalition. So, will Modi 3.0 be any different than the previous two terms? This is certainly unfamiliar territory for Modi. For over two decades, he has headed governments with full majority, first as chief minster of Gujarat and then as prime minister in the last 10 years.

Modi 3.0 suggests he may have to curb his instincts, accommodate demands from fickle allies on domestic policies but one aspect in which the new government is likely to continue its previous approach is in the foreign policy space.

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BSP polls more votes than victory margin in 16 UP seats http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/110747609.cms Had these seats also gone to the INDIA kitty, it would have taken the NDA’s total tally down to 278 and the BJP’s to 226. Rema Nagarajan / TNN / Jun 6, 2024,

IN UP, MAYAWATI'S BSP FAILED TO PLAY SPOILER FOR OPPOSITION, HURT BJP MORE https://thewire.in/politics/in-up-mayawatis-bsp-failed-to-play-spoiler-for-opposition-hurt-bjp-more .. After being outrightly rejected by the people again, Mayawati has once again blamed Muslims for her loss, arguing that despite fielding a large number of candidates from the minority community its voters failed to back her Bahujan Samaj Party, writes Omar Rashid.

Going solo proved to be disastrous for Mayawati as the BSP not only failed to open its score but could only manage to secure around 9.4% votes in Uttar Pradesh where Dalits make up 21.5% of the population.

Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Social Movements (eds Laurence Cox, Anna Szolucha, Alberto Arribas Lozano and Sutapa Chattopadhyay The handbook itself is at https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-of-research-methods-and-applications-for-social-movements-9781803922010.html

Plus video series  around the new SM research methods

https://www.youtube.com/@socialmovementresearch 

themes include: 

Feminist and Southern approaches, researching identities and ideologies (Sevil Çakır, Minati Dash, Susann Pham and Ayse Sargin)
Roundtable on the book (Keisha-Khan Perry and the four editors)
Classical and contemporary approaches to researching movements (Tiago Carvalho, Arnab Roy Chowdhury, Aurora Perego & Stefania Vicari, Clare Saunders and Katrin Uba)
Indigenous and global movement research (Carlos Y Flores and Axel Köhler)
The politics of SM research (Natasha Adams, Geri Augusto, Steve Chase and Joanne Rappaport)
Researching online and media activism (Cinzia Padovani and John Postill)

https://laurencecox.wordpress.com/ Blog: Learning from each other's struggles