Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Politics (Selected Issues Related to Political Market)

• Authors: Magdalena Musiał-Karg

Abstracts

EN

Information and communication technologies impact many aspects of the contemporary political life. A consequence of the use of ICT in politics is undoubtedly the evolution of democratic institutions and procedures. Modern technologies find their application as tools for exercising democratic power. This is why their importance is constantly increasing. The changes that follow application of ICT and their consequences are especially interesting subject to study and research. This article aims at answering the question how modern technologies (mainly the Internet) affect the processes of contemporary democracy and what might be the consequences of such changes. The deliberations shall concern the context of political market, where three processes between three main actors (politicians/political institutions, electorate, and the media) occur: informing, communicating, and voting. ICT influence these processes by quickening supplementing, and facilitating three various types of activities: sharing information, involvement in the political debate, and participation in the political decisionmaking processes. In the article, the author also pays attention to election silence as a phenomena functioning in the background of elections (which are a very significant element of the political market). Examples provided in the article come mainly from the practises and experiences of the Polish political life.

Keywords

EN

information and communication technologies; Internet; politics; communication; evoting; election silence; political market

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Kultura i Edukacja
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 2(108)
• Pages: 128-145

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Magdalena Musiał-Karg

• Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/kie.2015.02.08

Biblioteka Nauki

2043999