120. E-Democracy

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120. E-Democracy

120. E-Democracy

The use of new 'electronic media to improve democratic government by direct participation of people in the political decision making is called electronic democracy. The use of Internet has facilitated the participation of people in various political activities. Electric poll is an example of electronic media. The other terms that refer to edemocracy are tele-democracy, digital democracy and cyber democracy.

 E-democracy describes about the characters of the political leaders and policies of the political parties. On the other hand E-government tells us about the functions of the government and the administer of the government. Electronic media play a vital role in the administration of the government.

While e-democracy focuses upon the emergence of new political cultures where technology enables the empowerment of the people, egovernment refers to the attempts to use ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) to restructure existing institutions of government.

In Europe and America, the numbers of the voters is decreasing. Many citizens show little interest in politicians and the political process. Many citizens show little interest in politicians. The new media are urgent in the local and national level. Political parties and their candidates use the new media in fund raising, motivating supporters, etc. The web based communication technologies have become popular.

The Internet helps to promote democracy paradigm by placing greater power in the hands of individual citizens in relation to their political representatives, institution, etc. The establishment institutions of power are considered to be barrier for change towards new electronic polls because they are afraid of new charge and want to cling (stick) to their traditional ideas and assumptions. They also fear of knowing their status by the general, people using source of Internet.