The Influence of Internet in the Political Culture (A Field Study)

Abstract

There should be a kind of cooperation between universities on the local and Arab level with mass media to demonstrate all Arab issues on the Internet until we become able to compete or at least conserve our Islamic and Arab political and intellectual heritage. Students should be encouraged to have their role in political participation and expressing their viewpoints by the INTERNET through specifying lectures performed by a staff member at the computer lab. culture is considered as an indicator for political and democratic life progress and a reflection for political maturity, political participation, taking part in the political process and the nation's political awareness. The political culture is associated with the outputs the political process itself, through the channels of plural political growth and at the existence of communication and information revolution, the researcher found out that it's necessary to study one of the modern political growth channels which is available for all-it is the Internet means. There are no political limits or national borders reduce the fluid of information. The Internet represents one of the technological means in the knowledge revolution. It bears political culture essence with many meanings. This research is associated with the knowledge of the Internet influence on the political culture particularly for the students of the international relations. It is the modern means which is not connected with any country or political trend and has an effect with particular meanings. This study aims at knowing the prominent influences in the field of political culture since it contains several implications representing political movements and different attitudes which help understand plural political issues. The Internet is a medium variable (delivering variable)containing political opinions. Such implications change political attitudes (dependent variable) and finally, the follower variable is the students' political culture. During the last decade of the 20 th