The Internet has affected the way that Americans approach democracy because over the Internet there are millions of different websites. Each website provides a different side to the story, some wrong, some right, and ALOT of different opinions. If we didn't have any of this, the way democracy would be viewed might be more civilized and politics might be more calm. Such as the current presidential election, there are so many different views out there that could change the way people think if the affects of the Internet weren't present.
Although the Internet can give false information, it also contains so much more true information than any news paper or other form of media could give. The Internet is an unlimited resources of information. Anything that you want to know is there. When you read a newspaper you are limited to what you read. You don't get to chose what you are reading, the author does. So the amount of information that we have now compared to historical information is an extreme growth.
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