[LINK] ICT and democracy [Was: 2015]

[Marghanita da Cruz]

David Boxall wrote:
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> It seems to me that information and (particularly) communications 
> technologies have played a significant part in the degradation of 
> Australia's democracy. Could Abbott have deceived and alarmed so many 
> without ubiquitous and virtually instantaneous telecommunications? Could 
> the opinion poll and focus group driven degeneracy have progressed to 
> the level that it has without quick ubiquitous telecommunications, plus 
> info-tech to speedily cook the figures?
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I disagree... we have fabulous opportunities to be informed and engage.
eg Upto date Hansard from NSW Parliament
<http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hanstrans.nsf/MostRecentLA/LA>

video streaming is also available...

And simple things like RSS feeds let you monitor things easily.

Marghanita
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