Integration Of The Internet And Politics

Free individual choice has become an increasing standard in American culture. Due to this increase, social interaction has weakened, and individual choice has become more vital. The desire for social interaction has brought forth many efforts to reunite individual choice and social interaction, within voluntary communities. Because of the division in American politics, the reproduction of single-interest groups has become exceptionally harmful at this time. In order to resolve these differences, existing institutions must reflect on a sensible balance among, competing welfare and ethics.

By opposing that the Internet's constructive impact is principally interpersonal and community oriented, it does not mean to suggest that it is not political. The hypothesis that politics can only mean restricted disputes, and that anything political is soiled, has been part of the problem with community commitment. On the other hand, social connecting, talking, and doing are the very stuff of politics. Politics is the process by which we govern ourselves. It is the process of struggle, negotiation, and compromise. It is how we decide what we will do and who we will be. By developing these aspects of our every day lives, the Internet develops politics, and by improving politics, it helps to recover the morality of politics in our lives.

Although some people in the past few elections believed that the Internet would revolutionize politics, cofounder and managing partner of Democrats.com, David Lytel disagrees. He specifies that there are too few people online at this time and that the Internet is still incapable of providing video to most users, thus it is not as powerful as the television. Another reason for believing that the Internet has not become a greater campaign tool, is due to the campaign managers. He states, "They do not expect much from the Internet and so put little effort and money into it". After changes are made to resolve these issues,

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