<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi there<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Firstly, welcome to Billions and thanks for joining this list. Looking forward to everyone’s shares and comments! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As you know, India’s general elections are in progress and there’s been a lot of coverage on the impacts of social media on the elections.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It’ll be great to hear from others about specific research projects or critiques related to social media and the Indian elections. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://qz.com/india/1613490/modi-beats-trump-gandhi-across-facebook-twitter-instagram/" class="">Narendra Modi is the second most followed world politician across Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram</a> - May 8th 2019 / Quartz India</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/university-of-essex-whatsapp-project-on-fake-news-kicks-off-in-india/articleshow/69244883.cms?utm_source=twitter_amp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialsharebuttons&from=mdr" class="">University of Essex WhatsApp project on fake news kicks off in India</a> - May 9th 2019 / India Times</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/30/social-media-is-key-battleground-indias-elections-modi-is-currently-king/" class="">Social media is a key battleground in India’s elections</a> - Apr 30th 2019 / WP / Assoc. Prof Joyojeet Pal</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://qz.com/india/1587691/facebook-beats-google-in-the-2019-indian-election-ad-game/" class="">Facebook is the hotbed of political ads in India by a long shot</a> - Apr 5th 2019 / Quartz India</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/duty-identity-credibility.pdf" class="">Fake news and the ordinary citizen in India</a> - BBC Research / PDF</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">best, Sam.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>