Today in my ancient Greek history class, we talked about the origins of democracy. Democracy is a word formed from two Greek words: demos and kratos. Demos means people, and kratos means power. In essence, democracy means power to the people. Our system of democracy is quite different though. Most people only participate in the democracy once every two years, or more if they are called to jury duty and actually do it. Once a politician is voted into office, he makes decisions without consulting the people who voted him in. That got me thinking today in class that through citizen media, some are able to participate in the government in ways even they probably don't fully understand. Just by having a message, be it something on the internet or any number of media, people are able to influence who gets elected (at least partially). These messages can turn into movements that can change what the government thinks/ does about an issue. In this way, regular people can have an effect on the government without being politicians. This is another way in which citizen media can have a profound effect on our current society.
peace
Martin
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