This article traces the emergence of a new public sphere in India by applying a critical-cultural theoretical lens to the digital discourse on the Twitter platform surrounding the 2014 Jadavpur University student movement against on-campus sexual violence. Social media platforms allowed the student movement to challenge not only the sociopolitical complications in academia but also the structural silence surrounding issues of sexual assault in the country. In this study, the method of qualitative textual analysis is used to critically analyze the tweets made using the hashtag #hokkolorob (meaning “let there be clamor”), during the movement. The findings in this examination indicate that the Internet today has the capacity to guide public opinion formation, influence collective action, and is emerging as a discursive public sphere among the youth of India. This study contributes toward an understanding of the use of social media communication for political mobilization in the Indian context.

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大声疾呼：探索印度新公共领域的出现以及将社交媒体用作激进主义的工具

本文通过将批判文化理论视角应用于 Twitter 平台上围绕 2014 年贾达普大学学生反对校园性暴力运动的数字话语，追溯了印度新公共领域的出现。社交媒体平台让学生运动不仅可以挑战学术界的社会政治复杂性，还可以挑战围绕该国性侵犯问题的结构性沉默。在这项研究中，定性文本分析的方法用于批判性地分析运动期间使用#hokkolorob（意思是“让喧嚣”）标签制作的推文。本次调查的结果表明，当今的互联网具有引导舆论形成、影响集体行动、并且正在印度青年中成为一个话语公共领域。本研究有助于理解在印度背景下使用社交媒体传播进行政治动员。