THE SAMARTH CHAKRAWARTI BLOG

It is familiar to us that every coin has two sides and thus in this blog let us look at the other aspect of our topic - subscription-based OTT platforms. If you are new to the blog, I request you to read my previous blogs for a quick recap. Before I move ahead, let me remind you of the highlight of the last blog which was about the need for digital OTT platforms and why it is important that there is only partial control of the government over them.   RECAP … Let's get started...   We have to understand the difference between constructive criticism and intentional criticism motivated by an agenda. If the producers claim that they are doing constructive criticism through these streaming services to bring a change in society then they should not be targeting one community or faith in particular, because many people have analyzed that the content of OTT platforms in India is targeting the faith which is possessed by the majority.  If they really want to bring a positive chang...

  Hi readers, In the previous blog, we discussed the impact of various OTT platforms in the present times. It is known to us that these platforms are not regulated by the government of India and there have been many protests against the content presented on them. There have been many incidents where many Bollywood celebrities have also demanded the regulation of government on these platforms but there is a section of society whose beliefs are contradictory to this. According to them, if the government exercises its control on these OTT platforms, then this will result in choking the right to expression and freedom of speech of the content creators.  In this blog, we will study both the angles of this situation and try to derive a conclusion after a detailed analysis.  Let's get started... There are mainly 5 types of media globally:- 1.      Print Media 2.      News 3.      Films 4.      Advert...

 Hello everyone, In the last blog, I talked about the difference between freedom of expression and hate speech and I said that, I will continue the series in my upcoming blogs but today's blog is not directly connected with it but to some extent it is. We are living in an age where the war is between ideologies through information. Data sharing is one of the key weapon in this kind of warfare. Economies across the world in the year 2021 can not afford a conventional war through weapons hence the easiest and the cheapest way  is war through information. If you want to hover over someone's ideologies and promote your agendas, the key way is to create an internal war among their society which makes them question their own ideology and pushes them to stand against it. As a result they loose their faith and trust in their own community. This is a classic example of urban naxalism. If you want a detailed information on this, you can read my previous blog for a better understanding. ...