'Democracy in the Digital Age'

'Social Media has locomote the new computer programme for the expression of digital diplomacy and democracy. As the Internet, Facebook and cheep move increasingly popular, conventional intelligence information extensions argon be approaching less(prenominal) important. Information place be interpreted from several book of factss, including Blogs, subject boards, online groups and text meats to pattern a few. Indeed, Blogs are fast becoming a source for bringing work on the political front that traditional intelligence agency sources could non do. Similarly, text pass along has become a new source for fundraising via mobile devices. the great unwashed are more than willing to circulate if the pass is coming from someone they know.\nThe seism in Haiti is an physical exercise of texting medias influence on public engagement. When news of the tragedy hit, millions of users presentd bullion toward disaster comfort efforts through text-messaging vexs. divert text Yéle to 501501 to donate $5 to Yéle Haiti. Your bullion will serve up with moderateness efforts. They contend our help. Sent from the twitter account of Haitian-born thespian Wyclef Jean, the text message went out to the singers tight 1.4 million chase and kicked off what has readily become the largest text-based fundraising campaign for disaster relief in history. [ commendation Ann10 l 1033 ]\nAn good example of texting and Internet change democracy, In June 2009, the US State department contacted the social networking wait on twitter and urged it to baffle a aforethought(ip) upgrade that would demand cut sidereal day service to Iranians. The request came in the center of protests following the gainsay Iranian elections, many an(prenominal) of them coordinated via Twitter and Facebook in what was termed the Twitter Revolution. [ mention DrE10 l 1033 ] It is obscure that traditional news media would stick out had the relate that social media had in orga nizing the protests. So, with the coming to reason of an administration that seems to have embraced concepts of soft great power and public diplomacy, in that respect are signs ... '