It's A WhatsApp World
Land of the Giants
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Whats Ap - Forwarded Messages
In late 20 17, a wave of so called stranger danger videos spread across watsap in india. What struck age was that these videos were carefully edited and tailored to different ethnic groups. They often depicted local children being seemingly kidnapped or hurt by malicious outsiders. Chacuntula benagi is a professor of media culture and social change at the london school of economics and political science. She researches the spread of misinformation.
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