How new media are changing politics, Lingua inglese

Barbara Quintiliani How new media are changing politics

Technological changes over the past 10 years have been surprising; the

next years will surely be more so. New media, such as mobile phones, internet

and social networks, have revolutionized our life in many ways but there is a

field in which new media have played a significant role; politics. Indeed new

media can be used to share information, to organize popular participation and

also to monitor and to support political elections.

First of all, new technologies are undoubtedly important means that

enable people to connect and interact with each others. Moreover, new social

media are already changing the way organizations attract supporters. For

instance, the American Red Cross raised a record $8 million plus for Haitian

relief efforts via the social network Twitter. Furthermore, researchers Adi

Kuntsman and Rebecca L. Stein argue that “Digital media has changed the

nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Israeli military occupation by

offering local populations new tools to interface with, support, contest, and/or

agitate against state policies”.