On Information Society and Democracy

Abstract

Information society with the underlying communication technology revolution was assumed to contribute to democracy. The glittering words such as participatory democracy, direct democracy, tele-democracy, e-government, e-democracy are now a part of our lives. However, as the computers have become the modern surveillance tools, there seems to be a frustration in the field of human rights and democracy. The heroes of the novels of George Orwell and Franz Kafka's live in all realities nowadays.Under these circumstances, the realization of democracy is not so easy.

Keywords

• bilgi toplumu
• demokrasi, gözetim