The progress of civilization, supported by the development of new technologies, leads to a series of social, economic and political changes. Information Society in their expectations and through access to knowledge, significantly affect...
moreThe progress of civilization, supported by the development of new technologies, leads to a series of social, economic and political changes. Information Society in their expectations and through access to knowledge, significantly affect the change in the model of democracy, causing a kind of return to the original forms of communication in relation citizen-government. It is accompanied by a shift of social and civic activism from real to virtual world. In the literature, the use of information and communication technologies in the democratic system is called: electronic democracy. Its pillar is a civic network democracy, implemented in various forms of online activity. A good example of this type of activity are the new social movements, as a result of a number of processes taking place in modern society. Many of them are characterized by high efficiency operation, and in recent years we have seen their significant impact on the functioning of political systems.
The basic research problem in this article focuses on the activities of the new social movements, especially of a political nature. Among the numerous examples of this type of movements, both in democratic and authoritarian regimes, I have chosen to analyse three: the Burmese National League for Democracy, organizations sites in South Korea and the protest movements in the Arab Spring. For this purpose, I used the method of case study and comparative analysis. The main research goal is therefore to present the role of new media in shaping the new social movements, and consequently their activities overlap changes in the political system.
