Ramaravind Kommiya Mothilal

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CSCW '221st AuthorPolitics, Polarization and Partisanship; Politics, Polarization and Partisanship

Voting with the stars: Analyzing Partisan Engagement between Celebrities and Politicians in India

Celebrity influencers are increasingly central to political discourse as they engage in, and get engaged with, on matters of electoral importance. In this paper, using Twitter data from 1432 sportspersons and entertainers and their engagement with the 1000 of the most followed ruling party and opposition politicians f…

CSCW '222nd AuthorSocial Media; Social Media

Caste Capital On Twitter: A Formal Network Analysis Of Caste Relations Among Indian Politicians

Twitter is increasingly important for political outreach and networking around the world. While electoral politics and social relations in India are heavily organized by caste, a broader rhetoric of castelessness among upper-caste politicians has led to the eschewing of caste publicly to appear secular. This has rende…

CSCW '202nd AuthorCivic Engagement and Politics

Topical Focus of Political Campaigns and its Impact: Findings from Politicians' Hashtag Use during the 2019 Indian Elections

We studied the topical preferences of social media campaigns of India's two main political parties by examining the tweets of 7382 politicians during the key phase of campaigning between Jan - May of 2019 in the run up to the 2019 general election. First, we compare the use of self-promotion and opponent attack, and t…

CSCW '202nd AuthorCivic Engagement and Politics

Birds Of A Caste - How Caste Hierarchies Manifest In Retweet Behavior Of Indian Politicians.

The Hindu caste system plays an important role in the socio-political landscape of India. In recent years, Indian politicians have moved a lot of direct communication online. Social media is now an important space for the articulation and performance of their political positions. In this paper, we study ways in which…

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