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@article{196774,
        author = {Dr. Karthika R},
        title = {Railway and New Media: Transforming the Functional Transit to a Digital Journey},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {11},
        pages = {4160-4163},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=196774},
        abstract = {Travel always acts as a phenomenon of transcending our geographical dimension. The mechanism involved in locomotion decides the praxis of enjoyment.  The mode of transportation the traveller adopts has serious repercussions on the nature of enjoyment s/he feels. Rail travel is the most popular among these which claims to bestow on passengers, the feeling of having been suspended between two places without actually experiencing the transition. This property of railway is accentuated in the global phase with the emergence of technology and new media. Whereas technology refines the physical structure of railway, new media gives a new impetus to the cultural undertones it earlier had. Discourses generated by passengers in train construct a public sphere.  The evolution of network society channelizes this process of constructing one’s own space and private domain in train travel. Concerning geography, the travellers’ gaze is predominant in shaping their views on nature. New media has set a constraint to this countenance as the travellers have their senses glued to the gadgets. Also, the self -regulatory mechanism offered by new media acts as a ruling ideology which conditions the schedule or infact the behaviour of the passengers. Regarding speed factor, contemporary society has reached a cul-de-sac where no further acceleration is possible.  The paper analyses how the emergence of new media has driven forth a transformation in the politics of space, speed and gaze factors with respect to rail travel.},
        keywords = {Rail Travel, Space, Speed, Gaze, New Media},
        month = {April},
        }