Wednesday, August 8, 2007
politics are depending on internet?????
Internet is not only using for business but also for establishing political image. When Malaysia’s former deputy prime minister was dismissed from his post and subsequently charged in court for corruption, his supporters resorted to the Internet to tell their side of the story. Thus, pro-Answer websites were created and disseminated messages to Internet users locally as well as abroad. The government reacted by creating pro-government websites, both locally as well as abroad. Thus, the Internet became yet another medium that both sides resorted to in trying to get the people's attention
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Yes, the internet has great influence on politics. The internet should be narrowed down to business purpose only but shoudl be widened to greater extents so as to be suitalbe for every kinds of people.
Bikash
Most political campaigns today have an “Internet strategy” of one sort or another. The smashing of online fundraising records, bloggers who broke stories of international importance, citizen-journalism institutions that moved elections, new voters lured into the political fray through cool online campaigns-within-a-campaign – the election cycles in the last few years in the United States and elsewhere around the world have given rise to headlines and head-spinning about the power of the Internet to transform political action.
John Rey
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