Politics
Politics today has changed, with information technology allowing greater access, deeper insight, broader understandings and wider debates. With intimate details and related stories just a click away, we are able to analyse, compare and probe our politicians and their decisions in much more intricate ways, making them more accountable.
The tide of voices online cannot be ignored, and though our politicians may once have resided in their mahogany offices, far from the people, today they are in our homes, on our screens, and just a few clicks away. Similarly, we can send messages, enter online discussions and read up on stories past and present, allowing us to have a greater say in the running of our country, the decisions of our politicians and the future of our society.
The problem, perhaps, is that we now perceive politics no longer as a series of headlines, but a series of conversations, discussions, agendas and proposals, putting us more firmly in the driving seat, but at the same time finding ourselves swamped with more information than we could ever reasonably take on board. Understanding and participating in politics today is as much about sifting through the mass of information as taking greater responsibility for making our voices heard.