political communication in cmc

Chalvatzis AnastasiosChalvatzis Anastasios

Communication Technologies for Social SpacesCommunication Technologies for Social Spaces2009-20102009-2010

The use of Communication The use of Communication Technology for Political Technology for Political

CommunicationCommunication

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What is CMC?What is CMC?

Computer-mediated communication Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is a communicative transaction (CMC) is a communicative transaction between at least two computers. Some between at least two computers. Some examples of CMC are chatrooms, examples of CMC are chatrooms, email, forums, instant messangers.email, forums, instant messangers.

The political power of online The political power of online communicationcommunication

Internet increment has helped dramatically Internet increment has helped dramatically people to communicate to each other even if people to communicate to each other even if they live in places managed by repressive they live in places managed by repressive Governments or ruled by politically charged Governments or ruled by politically charged situations. People can still be in touch through situations. People can still be in touch through CMC and easily express their thoughts and CMC and easily express their thoughts and views. It allows people to avoid difficult views. It allows people to avoid difficult situations and various obstacles by saying their situations and various obstacles by saying their opinion through the internet.opinion through the internet.

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CMC is both politicized and CMC is both politicized and politicizing:politicizing:

Politicized CMC:Politicized CMC: Governments use the internet to promote Governments use the internet to promote their ideas and ideologies. their ideas and ideologies.

Politicizing CMC:Politicizing CMC: People and non governmental Organizations People and non governmental Organizations can also express their views, can also express their views,

including including social, cultural and political social, cultural and political ideologies.ideologies.

This situation allows people to have many points of view in This situation allows people to have many points of view in order to have more realistic thoughts.order to have more realistic thoughts.

Participation and Participation and resistanceresistance

E-Democracy:E-Democracy: Governments, media, Governments, media, political Organizations and citizens, political Organizations and citizens, use the internet to organize use the internet to organize debates about the processes and debates about the processes and practices of governance. People are practices of governance. People are able to find websites that able to find websites that encourage them to become more encourage them to become more actively involved to national actively involved to national politics. politics.


Cyberactivism:Cyberactivism: Groups of people, Groups of people, named Cyberactivists, use CMC to named Cyberactivists, use CMC to promote human rights, animal promote human rights, animal rights and environmental issues, rights and environmental issues, among other topics. They achieve among other topics. They achieve this by using emails, newsgroups, this by using emails, newsgroups, IRC and many other ways of IRC and many other ways of passing information.passing information.


Online communication can help Online communication can help people to increase their political people to increase their political awareness and promotes a more awareness and promotes a more open and peaceful dialog between open and peaceful dialog between people. Even disempowered people people. Even disempowered people that belong to disempowered that belong to disempowered places can now be heard through places can now be heard through numerous e-democracy websites.numerous e-democracy websites.

ConclutionsConclutions

CMC has allowed people to communicate CMC has allowed people to communicate through internet and this helped them to through internet and this helped them to easily and with the sense of freedom, easily and with the sense of freedom, express their opinion. express their opinion.

Online communities were developed in Online communities were developed in order to promote political ideas and order to promote political ideas and views.views.

Governments are also using CMC to interact Governments are also using CMC to interact with people and to promote their ideas with people and to promote their ideas and ideologies.and ideologies.

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