Abstract
' The study described in this article consisted of a survey that was conducted among a sample of
• South African political institutions and organisations, and that was aimed at investigating their views
and perceptions with regard to the use of the Internet. The main research question posed by the
current study was: What are the views of politically orientated institutions in South Africa on their use
the Internet, and what are their perceptions on how the Internet could impact on democratic
processes in the country? The aim of this exploratory research study was to obtain information that
could cast light on the issue of how likely it was that the Internet would contribute to a deliberative
democracy in South Africa. The survey revealed that the Internet was perceived to have a significant
role to play with regard to political and democracy issues in South Africa. However, if certain
problems (the lack of access, the lack of basic and computer literacy, and the lack of training) were
not adequately addressed by means of an integrated government Internet strategy, the ability of
the Internet to impact positively on democracy in South Africa would be very limited.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1001863 |
| Date | 01 January 2003 |
| Creators | Struwig, J, Conradie, P |
| Publisher | Unisa Press |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Rights | Copyright: Unisa Press |
| Relation | Communicatio |
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