Technology's Influence on Politics

Today, the influence of technology is perfectly massive. Technology is not new in today's world, especially the digital world. Technology does not just affect one area only, but many areas of life. One of them is in the field of politics. The world of politics is not something foreign to the millennial generation today. The political world is increasingly showing his passion lately. The atmosphere has tinged online life in times of the pandemic Covid-19, making the influence of technology is getting stronger even in the world of politics. Politics today is tinged with unilateral interests alone. A lot of people feel their political rights are not represented by the deputy political. This is mostly conveyed through the digital space. In times of this pandemic, the influence of technology in politics can be perceived in terms of the campaign online and accountability in bulk through the platform of a media teleconference.

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Even so, not many people use touch technology to optimize the rights and obligations of politics optimally. From the above description, it can be seen that technology can have its positive side. Technology can be a means that will bring major changes to social life. With the change that is so massive, technology can be a means of effective and efficient in the current era. Effective means technology that can drive the achievement of objectives in an optimal and efficient, which means that technology provides savings in terms of time, resource allocation, or fee for use. Technology can be a huge opportunity, regardless of the concerns of the negative impact that will arise. According to the theory of Mutz, a concern that appears on the internet is a result of the paradigm of a classic in political communication which considers the importance of interpersonal communication. So, the internet is suspected can damage the joints of the traditions of interpersonal communication.

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If we look further, it turns out that there is also a negative side. The negative side of the influence of technology in the world of politics is when it reduces speech or messages conveyed and edits are made so that it can make the parties concerned have a bad reputation and can even break unity and unity due to the beheading of certain parts in the delivery of information. In addition, the presence of a touch of this technology can create great opportunities if it is misused, especially in voting. However, even with technology, the level of fraud can be minimized both boldly and attractively.

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The dilemma of politics and technology in terms of communicating is an experience in itself, which is initially accustomed to interpersonal communication to change in the digital space. This of course forms a wider society, as communicated. The theory of Technological Determinism, developed by Marshall McLuhan, explains that media technology shapes how individuals in society think, act, and how society operates from one technological era to another (illiterate people can read and write print and electronic media). We learn, feel and think as a result of the messages we receive through today's technology. Radio makes us listen and develops our hearing. On the other hand, television makes us use visual and visual impairments. Then we transfer them into our daily lives and make us want to use them again. Consequently, the media is the message. Humans don't have much choice. Whatever tools people use to communicate, we will also use them to communicate. Therefore, people will adapt to the media that other people use so that they can send and receive messages like everyone else. When the medium changes, the way people communicate will also change. People only use certain media according to the purpose for which they were made (phones to communicate via lines and electronic mail to communicate via computers). If the medium is impersonal like television, then the message becomes impersonal.

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It can be seen that technology provides a great role in world politics. The use of technology, which good and wise to be a shared responsibility, both the government and individuals. The emergence of technology that is growing from earlier in world politics should be addressed with the positive and the spirit of renewal in the implementation. The synergy of technology with politics will be able to create political conditions that are stable and satisfactory for implementation. Therefore, it is important for all of us in using technology at the moment is as it should be.