Paper Title: The Impact of Social Media – Driven Misinformation on Migrants and Politics in West Bengal, 2011-2024
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This research investigates the impact of social media – driven misinformation on the behavior of culturally diverse voters and migrant voters and its impact on the West Bengal form 2011-2024. The study explores how targeted disinformation campaign, communal narratives influenced voting patterns, political opinion and democratic participation across the ethnical, cultural lines of the voters in the West Bengal. Employing a mixed methods approach, content analysis of misinformation across the social media platforms, some case studies also included with this paper. This study concludes one step beyond the policy recommendations for curbing digital misinformation and enhancing digital literacy in electorally sensitive populations in this digital era. Also, this study contributes a nuanced understanding of digital misinformation’s role in shaping electoral outcomes in multicultural democracies in West Bengal.
Keywords:Social Media, Misinformation, Migrant, Marginalized, Democracy.
DOI Link – https://doi.org/10.63431/AIJITR/2.V.2025.25-31
Review By – Dr. Amrita Dutta and Dr. Chandan Adhikary