This week lecture notes is really confusing. I don’t understand what it says exactly so I surfed on the net to get understanding about the topic.
The lecture was about Cyber politics which is a term widely functioned across the world and it is the scope of analysis of the content of political discussion on the internet and to see how the internet is being used politically.
There are a couple of questions that people are concerned on Cyber politics and democracy such as who are the cybercitizens using the internet, how do they participate in the political process, and who uses the internet most effectively to accomplish political ends. I think these questions will help anyone to get a clear picture about the heading. Anyway, cyber politics play a huge role in political activities that occur on forums, between bogglers even in games.
Democracy refers to the internet intervention in and contribution to real world politics that exists predominantly off the internet. To clarify, E-democracy (electronic and democracy) represents the use of information and communication technologies and strategies by democratic actors within political and governance processes of local communities, nations and on the international stage. Nowadays in many countries citizen are more likely to use web sites to support their candidates. For instance, In the United States just over half of the population vote, and in the United Kingdom only 69% of English citizens do so. Also democracy covers such as political debates,
Compagins or ciritisisms.
Likewise, this lecture taught about the battle between free speech and censorship and how they have taken many strange turn on the net.In my opinion, without free speech there is no democracy. John Gilmore says in the lecture notes “Deliberation and discussion are key attributes of democracymaybe talk is the most important element of democtratic activity.The ability to convince and the willingness to be convinced are what provide the give and take that make democracy something for all citizens.And that requires access to free speech”
