Escalation of Rumor in Social Media Platform in the Context of Bangladesh: Theories, Challenges and Prevention

Abstract

In this modern digitized Bangladesh, where many people have access to the internet and various social media, spreading false rumors is a frightful issue. Nowadays, rumors are frequently used to create confusion and chaos to execute one's interest. This paper scrutinizes the variables, characteristics, and causes of rumors. The paper further addresses media roles, impacts, and patterns of rumors in certain situations. Moreover, the dynamic techniques of spreading rumors have been taken into account. Bangladesh has some noteworthy legal provisions to deal with rumors-based offences. The prevention methods and effectiveness of those have also been evaluated. Hence, the main focal points of this paper are to find out the dominance of rumors over digital platforms, the prevention, and the effectiveness of legal sanctioning as a curative method. This thesis paper is processed based on the qualitative, comparative, linguistic, and pragmatic analyses. Moreover, comprehensive research on several printed and electronic materials and online contents has been conducted regarding the preparation of this paper. The aftermath resulting from this analytical paper accentuates the preventive schemes which can be applied to combat spreading rumors in Bangladesh.