Creating politics with Internet

2008 White House Election changed the face of politics in United States. We see the rise of Internet campaigning, made famous by President of United States of America Barack Obama. This area has been covered by most newspapers around the world. During the election, we constantly see the fight between Obama and his competition through the use of Internet in campaign. It is noted that he had used the internet to reach his audience. Most importantly, the use of Internet closes the gap between him and all the citizens of United States.

In this post, we discover what they Internet can do to change the face of a country.

Successful Political Change With Internet

The influence of Internet in politics is undeniable. Take for example the uprising of Egypt. Below are the flow of events.

• Failing countries under the rule of Hosni Mubarak
• Demonstrations inspired by calls on social media websites and happenings in Tunisia
  
• Revolutions: Protests and call for democracy
  
• Shutting down of internet: shows the power!
  

Role of internet in politics: This revolt came after call for democracy in Tunisia. It is the power of internet that made known to the Egyptians that they can have the power to change their country for the better. Their knowledge of the outside world is through internet. It is from they that they understand that deserve better. This is the power of internet in politics.

Results: Influenced demonstrations in other Arab countries like Bahrain, Jordan and Libya




Unsuccessful Political Change with internet

Back in 2009, when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the presidential election, the country broke out in protest against his victory. Soon after that, he cracked down on protesters and international news media. However, this did not stop the news of protest spreading saround the world. The role of internet became a messenger. All over twitter, facebook and other social networking sites were reports by Iranians. They uploaded all that they could get onto the Internet, trying to help the world understand what is happening in their country.

As the stories in Iran went international, it did not achieve any political change in Iran. Ahmadinejad is still the president till this day.

Traditional media turns to Internet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3vHYNVY8bg