2015 has been a buzzy year in Social
Networks, with more people getting socially active in this social
platform. Not surprisingly, the social media is prone to plump up
controversies, giving an immense reach-out to a wider audience.
Nevertheless, the social media has proven to serve for good as well.
Here we have the top 5 moments of social media that struck the chord
this year, storming controversially or positively.
1. PIB India - Photoshop Images Bureau
The
Press Information Bureau (PIB) of Indian government was criticized in
the social media for their inappropriate posting of photoshop-altered
images of Modi. Union government’s official division of public relations
made their twitter handle a mocking platform because of the
controversial image. The picture of Modi surveying Chennai floods got
spreading abruptly all over the social networks with comments.
The
intolerance debate rocked the social media for more than few months in
this year. To fuel the argument, the comments of Bollywood stars, Shah
Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan made it to the headlines. Being criticized and
trolled for their remarks, the two stars became the hot-debate of the
year. Twitter and other social networks were buzzing for close to few
weeks in a row.
3. Fake pictures of Indian Army’s Myanmar operation
In
June, a raid in Myanmar was conducted by Indian Army striking a couple
of insurgent camps. Soon after the operation, a series of army militant
photos started surfacing the social networks. However, the defense
ministry soon came forward clearing the air, saying they haven’t
released any photos of the particular operations so far. Within that,
the previous pics did a good rounds all-over the social media.
4. Awardwapsi
Awardwapsi
was a campaign fueled by the raging intolerance effect. 2015 was the
year of Awardwapsi that led many filmmakers, authors, and other
prominent faces to return their awards as a protest. Social networks
were filled with commentator for and against the campaign. Chetan Bhagat
was one particular personality who got a lot of flak on the social
networks for his comments on Awardwapsi.
5. Chennai Floods Hashtag
The
#chennaifloods campaign turned the social media to a positive medium
this year. The unprecedented rains that shook the city left thousands of
people helpless. The innocuously started campaign on social networks
picked up in the stream, circulating ahead bridging the needs with
volunteers. The campaign of tweets spread out into a movement that
reached support on-ground. The aftermath of Chennai Floods got the
social media raging with stickers issue and government mishandling of
the situation.