This document discusses how the internet and information communication technologies (ICTs) may impact politics and democracy. It explores how technologies enable new forms of social organization and political participation through social networks and many-to-many communication. However, it also notes that technology tends to amplify and reinforce existing social and political structures rather than create radical change. The impact will depend on how different societies adapt existing institutions to new ways of online civic engagement and political communication.

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