Study reveals BJP's hand in hyping ssr conspiracy theories

In the aftermath of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, conspiracy theories that he was murdered swamped the internet. Among those behind the amplification of such theories on social media – ensuring that they remained cemented in the news cycle for months – were members of the Bjp, a study conducted by University of Michigan has found

The study, which looked at social media trends, handles, patterns and the tweets of politicians, influencers, journalists and media houses between June 14 and September 12, 2020, has revealed how members of the Bjp and pro-BJP handles cranked up the rumour mill, and were behind the troll attacks on Mumbai police and many actors in Bollywood. Tweets by over 2,000 journalists and media houses and 7,818 politicians were studied, as well as the YouTube pages of mainstream television news channels

The study found that 7,818 BJP and Congress politicians put out 1,03,125 tweets about the case. Whereas the Congress and other parties used the word “suicide” to describe the actor’s death, tweets by BJP leaders used the word “murder” instead.

The study also highlights the role played by TV news channels like Republic TV and Times Now, which cashed in on high TRPs over the months with their sensational coverage of the case. To this end, the tweets of 1,930 journalists and 239 media houses were analysed.

“That the audience has consistently rewarded news channels for following this story – including through meteoric ratings for the Republic news network which has offered the most aggressive coverage, are testament to the citizenry’s complicity,” it adds. “We found that the various actors – politicians, media houses, and journalists framed their own narratives in relation to the incident. These topical preferences reflect individual biases, perceptions, motivations and gains.”

"The data show an important role played by politicians, especially the BJP, in proposing a ‘murder’ alternative to the ‘suicide’ narrative. There was a real opportunity to address mental health and depression early in news cycle, but the stories quickly devolved to allusive concoctions " it says

University of Michigan???...

I never saw so many articles on India by US media...especially by fake liberal media....

As soon as foreign funding for NGO is questioned these things started popping up...

They forgot to mention multiple "eye witnesses" who surprisingly are from BJ pee.

Wow University of Michigan studied this? 😳

Originally posted by: don12

University of Michigan???...

I never saw so many articles on India by US media...especially by fake liberal media....

As soon as foreign funding for NGO is questioned these things started popping up...

Never before have they given so much importance to India.. That too its internal matters which even the liberals consider irrelevant.

Kitni baar bola in leftist, liberal, secular logo ne ki India ke important problems par dhyaan do.. Like covid, economy, employment etc. ..instead of wasting time on this case..But kisine unki nahi suni..yahan tak ki University of Michigan ne bhi isko hi Importance diya

BJP ppl are now planning to harass doctors

https://twitter.com/iRaviTiwari/status/1313029646967996417?s=19

Lol I love how you can’t afford to have an opinion in India anymore without having everything come down to your affiliation with BJP or Congress.

so what is wrong in that...?

if they are hyping they are hyping for good cause... in these types of cases where most powerful ppl are involved hyping is very much necessary because the only the public can make justice happen...

Originally posted by: sev.puri

Lol I love how you can’t afford to have an opinion in India anymore without having everything come down to your affiliation with BJP or Congress.

It's a fact that the BJP is using SSR to get mileage in Bihar elections. And a lot of the "warriors" online are the IT cell members who are stringing along gullible people.

Originally posted by: Mahisa22

It's a fact that the BJP is using SSR to get mileage in Bihar elections. And a lot of the "warriors" online are the IT cell members who are stringing along gullible people.

What was Congress doing with Rhea's poster Bengal ki beti rally .

Why only blame BJP ?

Yes rhea fans t paid PRs or IT cell members