Government Communication via the Internet

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This paper examines the effects of new information communication technologies (ICTs) on political communication. The emergence of new ICTs such as the internet has created an information superhighway, which has created a great opportunity to enhance the way in which we communicate. The internet allows for the potential of better government to citizen communication, but it also enables governments to create false images and sway public opinion in their favour. This paper is a case study that analyzes the way in which U.S. and Canadian government bodies use the Internet to communicate with its citizens.

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"Ever since the beginning of mass communication, governments and political figures have been the first to misuse and exploit new ICTs in order to inject fabricated messages and images into the minds of their audiences. It is innovations such as high quality newsprint, radio, and television, which have enabled governments to construct false images and representations relating to their identities and values. Take for example, world war propaganda from the early to mid-1900s, which was filled with many glamorous images of war and ideas that promoted presidents and prime ministers as heroes. This was especially true with the way that German media represented their leader Hitler as being a type of god to the public."

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