SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION DURING COVID- 19

Abstract:

In today's modern society, media has become a very big part of our life. Its duty is to inform, educate and entertain. TV acts as a bridge between the government and the general public. Whereas if we see radio, it remains accessible when other modes of communication go down in emergencies. Millions of people have evacuated homes and offices during the shocking earthquake or crises like COVID, we attempted to use our smartphones to reach out to loved ones and find out exactly what had happened or whether they are fine or not.  Social media is an online platform that people use to build social networks with other people who share similar personal or career interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections. The impact of social networks on young people is very significant. It is becoming clear that social networks have become part of laptops, tablets, tablet computers and smartphones to check tweets and status updates from their friends and family. Social media allows people to share information, to have conversation and create web content. In this paper, we are presenting how like social media are playing their respective role in informing or misinforming and communal hate being circulated during the pandemic situation, and at which rate it is affecting people’s minds.This research is based on secondary data. We are going to take a cue from the studies of other researchers to amalgamate the conclusion.