Digital Media Platform for the Sub Altern Digital Journalism and Subaltern Spaces

Digital media has ushered in two things which made it highly popular- interactivity and immediacy. The subaltern spaces in Indian digital platforms are interactive by nature and invoke opinions from across the community. Media is regarded as the fourth pillar as it enables the citizens to participate in the democratic process in an  active and responsible manner. Comparing the two, digital media is far more vocal, interactive and representative than the traditional media. It provides space to the subaltern in various ways due to its interactive nature. In the mass mediated world, the subaltern had limited space for voicing out whereas digital media provides an alternative space to share grievances, opinion, thoughts which may not be possible in the mainstream media due to its biases and structural limitations. In the digital world of news and information, there are dedicated pages on the marginalised communities like Dalits, Scheduled Tribes, LGBTQ, religious minorities, linguistic minorities with relevant and resonant content. This chapter describes the nature and impact of such blogs, social media pages, alternative news platforms that focus on the subaltern to facilitate the marginalised. As the impact of digital platform on the people from the marginalised communities in our country grows, a critical look is required. In this respect, the chapter will shed light upon the subaltern spaces in the digital media to establish sub altern digital journalism in South Asia.