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Impact of SOA and Web 2.0 in Tamil Blogs

and Social Networks

Ferdin Joe J PG Scholar/CSE, Einstein College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, India

Abstract

Social Networks and Blogs are the most powerful electronic media which reaches every nook and

corner of the planet. They are being viewed and managed by even devices using the embedded

technology. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web 2.0 are the technologies which are the base

for social networks and blogs. Tamil blogs are also gaining popularity among readers with ample

contribution from Unicode format of data management. Many Tamils all over the globe; especially the

Non Residential Indians (NRIs) have a powerful base of reflecting their thoughts on the social issues

of India using the Tamil Blogs. Social Networks like Twitter, Facebook etc., are also supporting the

Tamil Unicode nowadays and the Tamil Internet User Community is benefited in many ways. The use

of SOA and Web 2.0 plays a vital role in Tamil Unicode with Social Networks and Tamil Blogs. In this

paper, various Social Networks and Tamil blogs from all over the globe are evaluated. This evaluation

study is done to find the impact of SOA and Web 2.0 on the web. The views, target audience and

significant features of various Tamil bloggers and Social Network users are also taken into account for

this evaluation.

Index Terms: Social Networks, Tamil Blogs

Introduction

Tamil is powered by Unicode in the web, especially in the social networking is in the increase. Policies

were framed after the Tamil Internet Conference 2010 by the Government of Tamil Nadu, India. The

usage of Tamil Unicode was approved officially for any communication with the Government offices.

With the collaboration of Microsoft, Tamil Unicode was given a sort of recognition at the level of

silverlight frameworks. Due to these policies, the use of Tamil Unicode has increased proportionally

with the increase in the number of internet users. Lot many Tamil Language Researchers who were

new to internet usage, utilized this technology as a boon for their research. Encouragement for the

usage was enormous by the release of free and open source softwares like NHM writer released in the

CD of CDAC, Govt of India, Azhagi word processor and many more. Nowadays Tamil Unicode is

used to comment in various social networking sites like orkut, facebook, twitter etc and chat

applications of gmail, yahoo etc. Tamil journalists and magazine column writers found this

technology easy and quicker way to reach the editorial board. These areas are powered by the service

oriented architecture (SOA) and web 2.0 using blogs and social networking sites. These sites reach the

people with the Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and Atom feeds in a more effective way. Tamil

Unicode is used by the users to express the culture, activities and emotions of Tamils around the

globe.

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In this paper, I have analyzed many social networks and Tamil blogs. The use of SOA and Web 2.0 is

taken as the usage of these sites. From these websites, the impact of Tamil Users are analyzed for the

past one year and the major issues of the Tamil Unicode users are listed out as conclusion of the study.

Study sites & Criteria

Various sites like savukku.net, athirvu and many bloggers in blogspot and wordpress are taken into

account. They were monitored throughout the year and the issues were listed. This listing was done

until the release of wikileaks cables and the UNO report on Srilankan war. Most of the bloggers

focused on the Srilankan Tamils issue by slamming the Governement of India. Then the 2G spectrum

scam which is currently blaming the ruling parties of India and the State Government of Tamil Nadu.

Apart from these, the issues were raised on the byelections and the small incidents happened in and

across Tamil Nadu.

Aim of writers

The main aim of these writers was to change the minds of the people and they have succeeded

partially by getting positive comments from exclusive and anonymous users. They use to write this

stuff in Tamil Unicode and therefore the reader base has increased but the contents were not reliable.

The quality of writing included many third rated comments on National leaders.

Impact on readers

The impact of these articles made both positive and negative impact on the reader base. Though they

got an increased reader base, they failed to give quality articles. The issues raised on the Srilankan war

became a success with the advent of the UNO report on war crime. But in the case of 2G spectrum

scam, it is not. In the case of 2G spectrum scam, no one has the rights to comment on either the

Government or the politicians. The scam is still under the trial in the special court of Central Bureau of

Investigation, India. Based on some filthy youtube released tapes and opposition party

demonstrations, the real conclusion could not be made. But the Tamil content writers made their

attempt in this issue with ghost referred knowledge. The Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) is

headed by Mr. Murali Manohar Joshi from the opposition party in the Parliament of India. The initial

audit report gave a doubt of loss of money due to the spectrum auction. But the writers were just

slamming on the Government for the illusion created. The Joint Parliament Committee (JPC) is formed

as per the demand of the opposition party and the trial is going on. Recently, “The Hindu” has given a

news stating that, the effect of JPC is becoming a boon to the ruling party itself and the opposition

parties want the committee to retire as they couldn’t achieve what they felt too. On April 28th, 2011,

the Parliament Accounts Committee’s report was rejected whole heartedly rejected by the committee

and a new Head was appointed. These activities show that the scam is not the offence of only ruling

party but there are some others who are behind. In this scenario, the content of Tamil writers in the

web came to be known as just illusions and confused the reader base. Similarly, the Government of

TamilNadu was criticized for freebies in the 2011 Assembly Elections Poll campaign. Elections are

normally the reflection of the pulse of voters. Without knowing the this pulse, the content was

published just by slamming the welfare schemes done. We need to wait till May 13th to see whether

the voters have rejected the freebies or they welcomed with red carpet. Without this made clear, the

media will never have rights to comment on the Government to change the mindset of people.

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Conclusion

In this scenario, as a neutral reader, the issues stated in the social networks and blogs need to be

analyzed thoroughly by the readers and then the issues should be taken into account. It is really an

offense to feed the people with wrong news. Tamil internet users need to take all these concepts in

mind before they read any sort of sensitive news in the media. The links posted in the social networks

need to be audited by any neutral organization upon appeal. The negative certificate on the content

will make the users to understand the difference between reality and illusions. Currently the Tamil

media in the form of blogs, social networks, TV channels are not reliable because of the backing of

single person opinion being stuffed on reader base. The auditing on the reality of content and the

certification of content will definitely lead the readers to get the correct picture on the issue.

References

Nothing in specific. Most of the eminent social networks and blogs were taken for this sudy.