Digital Patriotism
Gone are the days when soldiers used to engage in a combat to protect the motherland by proving their supremacy in power, strength, strategy and patriotism. Uninstalling mobile application, de-rating Official Facebook pages and trending hash tags, are the new age war tactics by ‘Social Media Warriors’ or the Digital Patriots. In the past few months, we have come across an interesting social behaviour where Netizens participate in a social media war. Similar to a nation having three forms of defense i.e.; Army, Navy and Air Force; Netizens have it in the form of Facebook, Twitter and Google play store. In fact, ‘Angel Priya’ has replaced the ‘Guerrilla warfare technique’. Digital patriots are night owls, whose patriotism boils up after finishing off their everyday chores. They peek into others’ life for dessert. These warriors suddenly start feeling bad about everything in the world. They poke in their nose to criticize all the policies without any logic. Apparently, lack of ...