{"id":199557,"date":"2022-08-10T18:12:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T12:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=199557"},"modified":"2022-08-10T18:12:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T12:42:12","slug":"how-to-talk-to-indias-unique-digital-polity-of-first-time-non-english-internet-using-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-to-talk-to-indias-unique-digital-polity-of-first-time-non-english-internet-using-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"How to talk to India\u2019s unique digital polity of first-time, non-English internet-using voters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cHow to talk to India\u2019s unique digital polity of first-time, non-English internet-using voters\u201d <\/strong>published in the Indian Express <\/b>on\u00a010th<\/sup>\u00a0August 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 2 \u2013 Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance applications.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About the first-time voters and techno-nationalism.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: The Internet and Mobile Association of India(IAMAI) has recently released its report titled \u201cInternet in India\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the key findings of the report?<\/h5>\n

The report highlighted India’s and the world\u2019s most unique digital polity of first-time, non-English internet users who think, act and transact \u201cmobile first\u201d.<\/p>\n

With anywhere between two to eight hours of daily usage, the Indian internet user is the ideal test case for any platform or app-based service looking to tap a global audience.<\/p>\n

Online gaming has nearly five times the number of users relative to those using the internet for online education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read here: Internet in India report: India to have around 900 million internet users by 2025: Report<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What is the significance of first-time voters with digital knowledge?<\/h5>\n

The 2014 elections were the first time internet streaming played a significant role in disintermediating broadcast media. The 2019 elections were marked by the extensive role played by social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n

As per the UN\u2019s estimates for births in India, between 2002 and 2006 nearly 150 million people were born. They will be the first-time voters in the 2024 General Elections a sizable and distinct digital constituency.<\/p>\n

This generation of first-time voters has experienced all the significant digital shifts in their formative years.<\/p>\n

This is also the generation that had the highest exposure to online education due to Covid-19 vastly increasing their screen time and use of internet tools and services.<\/p>\n

How India is building techno-nationalism ahead of the 2024 election?<\/h5>\n

The unique digital characteristics of India’s first-time voters will require creative approaches for political engagement ahead of the 2024 elections and require techno-nationalism.<\/p>\n

The Election Commission of India has opened up the voter registration process once every quarter. Further, the ECI also\u00a0announced further liberalisation of the voter registration process with 17-year-olds being able to register a year ahead of being eligible to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: India needs to replace frequent elections with One nation One election<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
How other countries are promoting techno-nationalism?<\/h5>\n

From securing semiconductor supply chains to regulating data flows, techno-nationalism is on the political agenda of western democracies and eastern nations alike.<\/p>\n

Indonesia is not just controlling online gaming apps and services but also actively promoting indigenously developed gaming apps.<\/p>\n

From Kenya to Brazil the countries are witnessing preemptive actions to insulate the electoral processes of their respective democracies from the spread of viral fake news and disinformation on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: [Yojana Summary] One Nation One Election<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What should be done?<\/h5>\n

Over the next two years as the government seeks to put in place a comprehensive digital regulatory framework governing data, privacy, apps and algorithms, engaging the first digital generation of new voters on techno-nationalism will be crucial at every step.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cHow to talk to India\u2019s unique digital polity of first-time, non-English internet-using voters\u201d published in the Indian Express on\u00a010th\u00a0August 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance applications. Relevance: About the first-time voters and techno-nationalism. News: The Internet and Mobile Association of India(IAMAI)… Continue reading How to talk to India\u2019s unique digital polity of first-time, non-English internet-using voters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-199557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704910071},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}