Papers by sayantan mukhopadhyay
Political activism in Internet and Social Media is a widely discussed topic. Researchers looked i... more Political activism in Internet and Social Media is a widely discussed topic. Researchers looked into the affordances and mechanisms of group formation, community building and individual participation over Internet especially after the series of events across the globe where social media claimed to play a crucial role to make political changes. But critics often described online activism as ‘Slacktivism’. India is a sparsely Internet penetrated country with huge digital divide. In the Indian context social media activism is a fairly new phenomenon with few online movements in recent time, pursued by educated urban middle class. These activisms often used as a tool only for specific agendas for the middle class population only. In the face of prominent decline in participation of middle class in participatory democratic processes, being involved in Social Media activism possibly has a cause and effect relationship in regards to choice of medium to accomplish political objectives.
Internet is evolved as a decentralized content generation and content distribution system. While ... more Internet is evolved as a decentralized content generation and content distribution system. While it comes to content distribution there has been a consistent issue with the P2P file sharing system architecture, which is claimed as economically harmful for the industry and challenges the current legal and normative standards of the society. There have been multiple legal and economic steps taken to curtail such a practice without any overwhelming result. Also the music industry is not crippled yet and mixed effect of file sharing is realized by mixed group of users and musicians. This little essay takes a quick tour of them all, tries to look into some interesting studies and looks forward for couple of alternatives, which are not so much about norms and laws.
BITCOIN is caught lot of attention from public and the experts. Efforts to create crypto-currency... more BITCOIN is caught lot of attention from public and the experts. Efforts to create crypto-currency have been a consistent aspiration for politically motivated people but before BITCOIN there has not been any successful effort so far. BITCOIN by its architecture and functionality is quite unique. This decentralized peer-to-peer Cryptocurrency as a non-human agent has a number of economic, legal and technical challenges, which need to be addressed. But definitely the adaptation of this new technology, which affects one of the primary social interactions (financial transaction), is growing in a huge rate. Also there is a certain policy vacuum in this space. But BITCOIN economy can be one of the technological game changers.
Education and research were the reasons for the advent of
Internet. Education always used the bes... more Education and research were the reasons for the advent of
Internet. Education always used the best fruits of web
socially and also economically. e-Learning especially the
personalized and customized learning triggered the
development of self-paced e-Learning models, which are
enormously beneficial for the students as they target
individual students rather than a group of students. It has
enormous market potential with the growing trend of click
schools. In the e-Learning market, Khan Academy is a
unique social enterprise which addresses education beyond
the boundary of curricula and moreover it is “Free”. It was
started by Salman Khan alone but it got a brilliant response
from the students. It has rapid and phenomenal expansion
plans including plans for virtual schools, breaking the
barriers of language to name a few. In this paper we will
discuss the self-paced e-Learning market size, the position
of Khan Academy in this market, the courses offered by it.
We will venture into Khan Academy’s market value
proposition and mention how this venture can be
sustainable.
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Papers by sayantan mukhopadhyay
Internet. Education always used the best fruits of web
socially and also economically. e-Learning especially the
personalized and customized learning triggered the
development of self-paced e-Learning models, which are
enormously beneficial for the students as they target
individual students rather than a group of students. It has
enormous market potential with the growing trend of click
schools. In the e-Learning market, Khan Academy is a
unique social enterprise which addresses education beyond
the boundary of curricula and moreover it is “Free”. It was
started by Salman Khan alone but it got a brilliant response
from the students. It has rapid and phenomenal expansion
plans including plans for virtual schools, breaking the
barriers of language to name a few. In this paper we will
discuss the self-paced e-Learning market size, the position
of Khan Academy in this market, the courses offered by it.
We will venture into Khan Academy’s market value
proposition and mention how this venture can be
sustainable.
Internet. Education always used the best fruits of web
socially and also economically. e-Learning especially the
personalized and customized learning triggered the
development of self-paced e-Learning models, which are
enormously beneficial for the students as they target
individual students rather than a group of students. It has
enormous market potential with the growing trend of click
schools. In the e-Learning market, Khan Academy is a
unique social enterprise which addresses education beyond
the boundary of curricula and moreover it is “Free”. It was
started by Salman Khan alone but it got a brilliant response
from the students. It has rapid and phenomenal expansion
plans including plans for virtual schools, breaking the
barriers of language to name a few. In this paper we will
discuss the self-paced e-Learning market size, the position
of Khan Academy in this market, the courses offered by it.
We will venture into Khan Academy’s market value
proposition and mention how this venture can be
sustainable.