Abstract
This article questions if, and how the Internet is being used as a tool of democratization in emergent democracies. Focusing on the Angolan and Mozambican cases, it examines the media's influence in democratization and the potential of the Internet. Some preliminary conclusions from media analysis and interviews show that, in spite of limited access, the Internet, through information websites, online newspapers, blogs, etc., is strengthening civil society in different situations: disseminating the other media contents, stimulating the presence of different actors in the public sphere and the creation of new independent media, promoting participation and discussion, and influencing journalists, who use the Internet to look for new approaches and opinions.
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