Political Participation Of Citizen By Micro-blog

We are discussing about micro-blog and political participation of citizen in this essay. The fast developinginternet is affecting every aspects of Chinese citizen’s life at an unprecedented speed, including politicalparticipation. Micro-blog is developing very fast due to its special spreading method, and has become an effectiveway for citizen to participate political affairs. We are trying to analyze the positive and negative affection ofmicro-blog to political participation using politics, sociology, communication and administrative science, and tryto find the countermeasure to guide the citizen political participation by micro-blog in this essay.First we have a detailed explanation and analysis of micro-blog, citizen’s political participation and citizen’spolitical participation by micro-blog. We will review the history of political participation by micro-blog, to actuatethe recognition and thinking about political participation by micro-blog. Political participation by micro-blog isthe political activity that normal citizens directly or indirectly affect the government activity or decision by micro-blog.This essay gives a detailed analysis of the cause of political participation by micro-blog from the viewpointof citizen, government and society. First, the realization of citizens’ awareness pushes citizens to protect theirbenefits and express their requirements actively by micro-blog. Second, there is a strong demand of politicalparticipation by micro-blog for political democracy and social stability. Third, the conflict between governmentinsufficient supply and citizens’ strong demand of political participation promotes the fast development ofpolitical participation by micro-blog.We also research the advantage and disadvantage of political participation by micro-blog, and consider howto guide political participation by micro-blog in this essay. Micro-blog expands the area of public service, suppliesa platform for public political participation, realizes politics socialization and constructs a politics culture. Citizensparticipate politics by micro-blog, realize the self-setting of agenda, and push the merging of public agenda andpolicy agenda. Micro-blog deeply reports every aspects of politics and social life, assembles public power, andstrengthens the supervision of government administration. Micro-blog increases the interaction betweengovernment and the public, improves political environment, and promotes the transition from internet democracyto realistic democracy. At the meantime, there are some problems of political participation by micro-blog such aslow reality, low accountability, irrational expressing, easy to get mute, etc. Thus we need to dialectically treat thenew born thing of political participation by micro-blog, guide the public to cautiously participate politics bymicro-blog, from the aspects of effective setting of policy agenda, fostering of opinion leaders, etc.