• Revisiting Beloved: In the Era of “Black lives Matter”

Sonal and Hitesh Rani

Abstract: “Beloved” (1987) Written by Toni Morrisonis a saga of Black suffering. The first page of the novel is inscribed with the words“sixty million and more” The words undoubtedly refer to millions of Blacks who either died in the middle passage between Africa and America or suffered inhuman atrocities at the hands of their white counterparts.Even today; in 2021, 34 years later the novel was written;the world is still witnessing the brutal killings of Black men by Police. This article aims to present a contrast between the racism of the past as shown in Afro American literature and racism prevailing in today’s times.

• Role of Social Media in Misinformation and Disinformation

Gita Sharma

Abstract: This paper examines the critical role played by social media in spreading misinformation as well as disinformation, especially in today's fully digital world. It has become the case that with the leading sources of information including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, the spread of both truth and falsehood gains momentum at unbelievable speeds that have significant consequences for perception, political discourse, and social cohesion. The difference between misinformation, that the wrong information which is shared without any intention to cause harm, and disinformation, where false information is shared to alter the real information, makes this study important. Using a mixed-methods approach in which it covered content analysis, surveys, and case studies of how algorithms and user behavior interact with each other to virally spread false information, the paper examined.