A Study On Citizen 's Political Participation In Network Environment

Since the new century, the vigorous development of information science and technology to make the Internet rapidly gaining in popularity in China. Internet has become an integral part of people’s daily life a part of the network’s political participation in politics this new form was born, has increasingly become an important means of convenient ways and political participation. However, due to the Internet with traditional media do not have the qualities, creating a unique function of the network of political participation. In this paper, a theoretical analysis of this phenomenon, investigated the formation and development of online political participation and the role of China and its impact on the development of democracy and political change, discussed promoting the healthy development of China’s political participation strategies, specific analytical framework as follows:The first chapter analyzes the theoretical basis for political participation. According to the connotation of political participation and political participation network analysis, network users to the network of political participation is mediated participation in political activities, which includes several aspects: the main political participation is a citizen; means participation is the use of the Internet, the media political participation; content related to participation in political life with. Exhibit equal political participation of democracies, directly, efficiency and political opinion, the network platform interactive mass participation and so on. Forms of political participation, expression can be directly through the network, through participation of the discussions, the expression of certain political emotion through the network, monitoring network run by government agencies.The second chapter examines the development process of the formation of a network of political participation, highlighting the problems and the role and influence of China’s democratic political development and social change. Political participation in the formation and development of our country has gone through four stages: infancy, improving stage, stage and comprehensively promote and deepen the improvement stage. Political participation from the following aspects to promote the development of China’s democratic politics: the ways and means of improving citizens’ political participation, expanding direct democracy, in favor of fostering civil society and civic spirit, contribute to political and cultural innovation. Network to provide new opportunities for political participation in China’s political reform, but also to the Chinese political change will pose serious challenges.The third chapter discusses the network to promote the healthy development of China’s political participation strategies, mainly from the following aspects to promote the healthy development of China’s political participation: to build a platform for the equality of citizens in politics, the legal system, improve the network, and enhance public confidence in the government, increase citizen participation the combination of quality, traditional media and new media.