Indians are more positive than negative about mobile phones' impact on politics The increasing use of mobile phones has had the But BJP supporters are more likely to the has had a good influence on politics
Partisanship plays a role in public opinion of the impact of mobile technology. Adults who support Modi’s BJP are more likely to say mobile phones have had a good influence on politics (49%) than those who support the Congress party (33%). Last September, the president of the BJP encouraged the party’s supporters to spread pro-BJP messages on WhatsApp and other social media platforms – whether those messages are “true or fake.”
Indians are more positive than negative  | about mobile phones' impact on politics  | The increasing use of mobile phones has had  | on  | the  | No  | a bad  | influence  | influence  | at all  | A good influence  | DK/Ref  | 21%  | 9%  | 39%  | 31%  | But BJP supporters are more likely to  | see a positive influence  | who say the increasing use of mobile  | Supporters of  | the has had a good influence on politics  | Congress  | DIFF  | BJP  | +16  | 49%  | 33%  | Note: Respondents who gave other responses snot shown.  | Source: Mobile Technology and Its Social Impact Survey 2018  | conducted among Indian adults from Sept. 7-Oct 22, 2018. Q14Bb  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 