Recall a time when you watched an international movie (a movie that your country's cinema did not produce) that touched you deeply. It may have felt like you were experiencing everything that the character was going through. In fact, with every emotion the character felt, something also stirred inside you. On the surface, you might believe that the emotion you felt was the same as your character felt; you both experienced 'happiness' (or any other emotion) in the same way. But is that really true? Do people from another corner of the world feel the same emotions as you? Would their happiness feel the same as your happiness?
Content Creation for the Meshi Information Sharing Experiment
The most concerning downside of encrypted messaging applications is an inability to screen, analyze, and trace messages that may proliferate fake news. This is evidenced by WhatsApp becoming a breeding site for misinformation in its biggest user base in India. The inability of such platforms to take down incorrect information and identify or penalize its perpetrators makes it nearly impossible to control and fact-check the information being shared.
Watching Bad Television
The paradoxical practice of watching “bad, trashy, awful” films and shows is a curious one. How is it that we call something bad and still engage with it? Viewers from “elite” classes can interact with “bad” television without it contaminating their social status as they use various viewing styles: admire it because of its “badness,” watch it as a guilty pleasure or consume it ironically. Turns out, our taste and viewing practices reveal a great deal about identity, class, norms, and social dynamics.



