“The internet has already acquired political significance, as increasing numbers of citizens use it to learn about government policies and actions, discuss issues with one other, contact elected officials, and obtain voter registration and other materials that can facilitate more active participation in politics. All observers of the current scene agree that “the Net” is dramatically expanding access to politically relevant information and offering citizens new possibilities political learning and action.” more. . .
According to the author of this document, Bruce Bimber (1998), “the internet has inspired two sorts of claims that large scale transformation in the influence of political structures in the US is under way: the populist claim that the Internet will erode the influence of organized groups and political elites and the community-building claim that the internet will cause a restructuring of the nature of community and the foundations of social order.”
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