%0 Journal Article
	%A Srikanth Bade
	%D 2021
	%J International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 171, 2021
	%T Social Media as a Tool for Political Communication: A Case Study of India
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10011927
	%V 171
	%X This paper discusses how the usage of social media
has altered certain discourses and communicated with the political
institutions for major actions in Indian scenario. The advent of new
technology in the form of social media has engrossed the general
public to discuss in the open forum. How they promulgated their
ideas into action is captured in this study. Moreover, these discourses
happening in the social media is analyzed from certain philosophical
traditions by adopting a framework. Hence, this paper analyses the
role of social media in political communication and change the
political discourse. Also, this paper tries to address the issue that
whether the deliberation made through social media had indeed
communicated the issue of political matters to the decision making
authorities.
	%P 282 - 286