Impact of Social Media in Changing Queer Discourse: Evolution of Bollywood LGBTQA Characters
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Literature has always shared a close connection with media. Media, let it be television, newspaper, social media is essentially nothing but methods of communication that provide information to the public. Social media plays a key role in today’s world when it comes to shaping view, perceptions, and overall understanding of the surrounding world. Over the years, social media has been used to draw attention to various issues - sometimes receiving positive as well as negative response. LGBTQ movement that started with the Stonewall riots of 1969 is still going strong and social media has played a huge role in making the struggles of Queer community mainstream. Digital platforms have been a powerful tool for minority communities for channelling their voice. Digitization has made communication beyond borders easier thus activism has also become boundaryless. Therefore, social media has played an important role in changing the Queer Discourse in the mainstream media. The following research has used different secondary information sources and different theories to examine how Queer Community is represented in Bollywood films. The research focuses on how social media impacts the popular media that leads to proper representation that further leads to a shift in long-held beliefs and stereotypes. The following research has chosen a handful of Bollywood characters over different eras to show how the shift in representation has been healthy and inclusive. The research will focus how wide representation of Queer community on social media has impacted the treatment of Queer characters in movies. The research will follow how the trajectory has changed from misrepresentation to the right representation in Bollywood.
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