Policy Info Online

In today's age of globalization, international trends have a direct impact on the lives and future of the individual citizen. Not only since the current financial crisis ever and more people feel that politics is not something that is made by someone "up there". Political and economic decisions are taken by people, some of which have been chosen (and wish to be re-elected) - the results of those decisions come directly to the citizen, whether he is politically active, interested or dispassionate. To understand, can have on the scope of some policy decisions, and the effects of the same make for themselves or used to mitigate this on a personal level, it is necessary to be politically informed. Political participation starts to pursue national and international developments, to form an opinion and to derive appropriate action. A self-denying or discontented grumbling about the inadequate opportunities for influence are mostly just a convenient excuse by the misinformed and disinterested. The traditional means of information such as newspaper and magazine reading, radio and television and the personal presence at political rallies, the Internet offers virtually endless forums for several years of information gathering, dissemination of information but also information control and manipulation.

Policy is made, both by politicians and by many other "- and that is not only in times of World Wide Web 2.0 in a matter of information production, information dissemination and information steering. Targeted Launch of certain information, spreading of opinions mobilized in case of doubt in the way that was desired by the producers of information. Part of the responsible use of media as a source of information is the critical questioning of their origin, their content and their likely intentions. Whether policy now democratically understood, and the Internet thus considered as THE platform for creating, sharing and opinion, or whether it applies to satisfy a merely academic interest in national and international developments - the possibilities of research, deepening, exchange and online opinion are simply endless. Anyone can check online about politics, to form a view to agree on this with others anonymously or with his real name and in this way even to the political actor. Both at the local level (community) as well as global actors, it is now a political success for nearly essential to establish yourself online as well well, interested in information and perhaps an opportunity to ask questions, offer. The voluntary return of information from the group of addressees of the policy is for full-time as part-time politicians priceless.