Tele Democracy

What is Tele Democracy?

• Tele democracy is applying the new information and communication technology to enhance the power of the people in the public affairs and therefore promote democracy.

• This utilisation of appropriate technology will modernise the political system and bring its outdated nineteenth-century techniques to the twenty-first century realities.

Citizens’ decisions are important..

• That is a form of government in which all adult citizens are presumed to be eligible to participate equally in the proposal, development and the creation of laws.

• Tele democracy includes social, economic and cultural conditions that give the possibility of a free and equal practice of political self-determination.

• Taking advantage of this technology, political systems can become more ‘democratic’, which means that there could be more people involved in collective decision-making.

• The communication technology can help democracy by facilitating agreement-building among its citizens.

Technology as a campaign tool

• The lower cost of information exchange on the Internet makes the Internet an attractive medium for political information, particularly amongst social interest groups and parties with lower budgets.

• For e.g. environmental or social issue groups may find the Internet an easier mechanism to increase awareness of their issues, compared to traditional media outlets, such as television or newspapers, which require heavy financial investment.