The New Media and Tamil Diaspora Identity: A Case Study of Jallikattu Protests

The new media spring has brought several issues including the Diaspora community into the limelight thus making the presence of citizen journalists felt. The minorities generally do not find a place that easily on the television but the internet and other new media do map their representation. It is said that after the internationalization of the media occurred, there are no long distances. Hence this paper analyzes the news articles on how the Tamil Diaspora community across the world reacts towards the Jallikattu protests which happened from 8th to 23rd of January, 2017 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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