Political Communication and New Media : A Reflection About Social Impact of Information Technologies

Authors(1) :-Wulan Purnama Sari

Maybe like a dream that today we are living in the age of pseudo reality. For now the world is moving on ( only on ) our eye blink and the tips of our fingers only. We are spectators that information technologies have changed the world rapidly, simultaneously, drastically and absolutely. The old media have been influenced significantly and also massively by the new media technologies, when they do their job for society. The growing coverage of new media can be seen in the increased as well as developing countries, like Indonesia. New media enable peoples to share ideas, experiences, opinions, and every they to share among each other all over the world. By the regard to political field, new media can be an enabler for participation to the democracy process among citizen. The fact we cannot avoid is that, the revolution of new media technology has changed the shape, structure, model and absolutely pattern of political communication in the world.

Authors and Affiliations

Wulan Purnama Sari
Student at Master Degree Program of Communication Science, Faculty of Social and Political Science, Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia

Political Communication, New Media, Campaign and Political Action

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 6 | November-December 2017
Date of Publication : 2017-12-31
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 588-592
Manuscript Number : CSEIT1726182
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2456-3307

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Wulan Purnama Sari, "Political Communication and New Media : A Reflection About Social Impact of Information Technologies", International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology (IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 2, Issue 6, pp.588-592, November-December-2017. |          | BibTeX | RIS | CSV

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