cyber politicians

Cyber-Democracy in the 21st century

In ancient Athens during the democracy period common people could easily contact with their “governors”. Later in ancient Rome common people could at least during the period of democracy contact the senators and talk with them
Nowadays senators and all politicians generally have plenty bodyguards and is pretty difficult to meet with them. You can only meet them during the period before the elections. However some politicians taking advantage of technology have found a new way to contact with common people. They have a personal site and an e-mail or more often they have a blog where you can write them whatever you want and publish and as a result have a “discussion”. A great advantage of the blogs is that anyone can easily ask you what he/she wants. Recently it was published in many newspapers and magazines an article that Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, has his personal blog. Also, in U.S. some nominees for the elections that will take place in November keep a personal blog.
Why do they publish a blog? Because they know that more and more people use daily the Internet for various reasons. They, also, know that new technology fascinates young people and they want to “attract” young people in order to gain their support.
It is obvious that in the 21st century Internet will play a vital role (and) in politics.
That’s why, in my opinion, politicians should have a personal blog.
What is more, it is for the benefit of common people if politicians have a personal blog, because:
They can contact them easier and ask them or complain to them
They can learn the plans of the politicians easily and quickly by visiting their blog