MUMBAI: US broadcaster TLC takes viewers beyond the music and past the hype with an intimate look into the inner workings of Justin Bieber?s world in the one-hour holiday special, This Is Justin Bieber on 21 December.

In addition to sharing revealing personal interviews, the winning artist sings acoustic renditions from his new holiday album ?Under The Mistletoe?, as well as new performances of his own songs and other R&B hits.

Throughout the special, viewers will go on a behind the scenes journey as British personality Reggie Yates joins Bieber on a private tour of London, a special performance on ?The X Factor UK? and a collaboration with the famed British rapper Tinie Tempah.

Featuring in-depth access to the 17-year-old singing phenomenon, Justin Bieber confesses what it?s like to be the boy behind ?Bieber fever,? with 2.2 billion hits on You Tube, 15 million followers on Twitter and 38 million fans on Facebook.

TLC.com has also added a photo slideshow from the special.

NEW DELHI: Participants at a meeting held here today favoured increased use of social media as an important instrument in initiating dialogue with citizens in a participatory democracy.

They were participating in a Round Table on Citizen Engagement and use of Social Media chaired by Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal.

The meet was attended by about 100 stakeholders including social media organisations, civil society organisations, industry associations, members of the legal fraternity, representatives of government departments and agencies and others.
 
The need for convergence of different channels of communication - print, electronics, social media etc. - and the need for synergies between these channels was also expressed.

It was agreed that appropriate mechanisms need to be created within government structures to enable faster response as required by social media based interactions.

Ways of improving citizen engagement in policy formulation and implementation of its projects and programmes; requirement of capacity building within government for use of social media; contextualising social media to Indian realities including Indian language content; development of Mechanisms to protect privacy and identity of individuals; and mechanisms to address security concerns about data including personal data also came under discussion.

Sibal agreed on the greater use of social media in a participatory democracy and felt that such close interactions not only helped to build healthy democratic practices but also contribute to transparent and accountable governance.

Minister of State Sachin Pilot stressed the need of creating enabling mechanisms which would help people from all parts of our country to participate in their own language and in the form of their choice: text based, voice based or even sign based. The proposal received support from all present and it was stressed that technologies should enable participation of differently enabled individuals also.

The meet is reported to have come in the wake of Sibal asking social network companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove offensive material and screen content.
Sibal had denied he was promoting censorship and said some of the images and statements on social media sites risked fanning tensions.