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Inter-Media Interaction and Effects in An Integrated Model of Political Communication: India 2014

Francis Philip Barclay Abstract: Online social media has become an integral part of the mediated-mass communication process. Hence, a new[…]

Twitter Usage Patterns as a Predictor of User Gender

Nair, Parvathy S. and Francis P. Barclay.  Abstract Thanks to the spur of online social networks, users have invented ways[…]

Indian Elections, 2014: Political Orientation of English Newspapers

Francis Barclay, Chinnaswamy Pichandy & Anusha Venkat Abstract: This article examines the political orientations of The Times of India, Hindustan[…]

Media effect on media: Progression of political news and tweets during India 2014

Barclay, Francis P. Do the content and behaviour of one medium of mass communication affect another? Is the effect immediately[…]

India 2014: Facebook ‘Like’ as a Predictor of Election Outcomes

Barclay, Francis P., C. Pichandy, Anusha Venkat Abstract: Can the count of ‘likes’ recorded on the Facebook page of a[…]

Facebook Privacy Management: An Empirical Study of Awareness, Perceptions and Fears

Anusha Venkat, Dr. C. Pichandy, Francis P. Barclay & R. Jayaseelan Abstract: Is Facebook safe and secure? In several cases,[…]

The visually-impaired now see a bright future, thanks to technology

Another Bangalore-based techie, Akhilesh Malani, is developing an Android app that can recognise and read Indian currency notes for visually[…]

`Miffed’ Cheran spits venom

By Francis P Barclay Published in The Hindu’s Ergo, Chennai, on July 31, 2008 “I want to quit movies and[…]

The debate over condom wrappers

By Francis P Barclay Published in The Hindu’s Ergo, Chennai, on July 31, 2008 While campaigns advertising the use of[…]

Join politics to make a difference, youth told

Published in the New Indian Express, Page 3 Coimbatore Edition, dated December 19, 2006 It’s the need of the hour,[…]