The Concept of Network Political Participation
Source: Shangpin China |
Type: website encyclopedia |
Time: October 23, 2014
Just as the basic laws shown in the development history of human society, whenever science and technology make major breakthroughs and progress, it always promotes major changes in all aspects of society. Just as the invention of the steam engine has brought about the industrial revolution of human society and further affected the process of human society, the invention of modern information technology is also having a significant impact on human society. In fact, people have clearly felt the great impact of information technology on our lives. Modern information technology has penetrated into all aspects of our lives, expanding the living space of human beings, such as: Website Design , online shopping, online securities, etc. have affected the basic view of the world of mankind, related to the political life of human society, and of course, also affected the political participation of human society.
The concept of network political participation comes from the extension of political participation in the general sense. It mainly refers to all behaviors that occur in cyberspace in the network era, target at the real social political system, and take the network as the carrier and way to participate in social and political life, especially a series of political participation activities such as online election, online dialogue and discussion, political contact with political parties, politicians and governments, and online political mobilization, etc. We can also understand it as "political participation on the network", "political participation through the network", "network is used for political participation", "network political participation", or simply "network political participation". Generally speaking, network political participation is based on the changes of social economy and the development of new information and communication technology, that is, the inherent characteristics of technology and the political and social conditions outside technology, both of which are the basic elements of influencing political participation. According to our general understanding of political participation, we can explain the connotation of network political participation from the aspects of the subject, the goal, the form and means of political participation.
From the perspective of the main body of political participation, in the Internet era, the inner gut of the main body of political participation has changed from the traditional sense of "citizen" to "netizen" with complex identity connotation, from the traditional sense of political party organization to the virtual reality of "network community"; The goal of political participation is not limited to "decision-making", but lies in all aspects of social and political life, even the "political life" of space. In fact, the network does not exist independently of the real society. It is the reflection and reflection of the real society in cyberspace, or the extension of the real society. At the same time, new changes have taken place in the forms and means of political participation. The interconnected network is becoming a new and more effective carrier and means of participation, breaking through the basic mode of political participation in general. In this sense, network political participation has new connotations.
In the Internet era, due to the significant impact of the Internet on human society, online political participation is not only a virtual participation, but also a reflection of the political participation of netizens and online communities on the Internet on the real social and political life. The main body of network political participation regards the space part of the online server as a part of the physical space. In the study of network politics, we must pay attention to the combination of the network political subject and the political participation experience of the real society in some form on the Internet. Because only people who are closely related to the political life of the real society or have political participation experience can use cyberspace to get more relevant political information and participate in social and political life through the Internet. As a result, it is possible to expand the scope of political participation in online political participation to improve the quality of political participation.
The monthly target of online political participation still mainly refers to the state power system and its decision-making and policies, or public political life. There should be no essential difference between online political participation and traditional political participation, which is determined by the essential characteristics of political participation. Obviously, it is meaningless to discuss political participation without the system of state power and political decision-making. However, due to the openness and interactivity of the network, political participation in the network era is much broader in terms of geographical space and political participation content than that in the traditional sense.
From the perspective of the forms and means of political participation, there are obvious differences between the traditional political participation and the political participation in the network era. This difference is mainly manifested in the fact that the political participation in the network era is more direct and technical in both form and means. With the rapid development of network technology at an exponential speed, political participation no longer depends on artificial organizational means, or on indirect democracy that represents political participation, but more on people's self disclosure and the exercise of democratic rights through the Internet, making direct democracy possible. In this sense, the network has brought fundamental changes to the political participation of human society. In the future society, holding a referendum may be a matter of tapping the keyboard and clicking the mouse several times. Of course, these need to be supported by the further development of network technology and the corresponding institutional guarantee. It can be seen that the technical characteristics of the means of political participation in the Internet era have become prominent. Fast, cheap and direct means of political participation will inevitably bring about fundamental changes in the form and effect of political participation.
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