The report done by Ronald J. Deibert titiled Edemocracy: Current Trends and Future Prospects outlines the impact of how information communication technology will influence a variety of sectors from privarte business to the government and military in the near future. Diebert discusses that the implementation of digital media and ICT will increase liberlization in society, openness and citizen participation in the govermental elections. In the report Diebert cohesively analyzes the current trends and future prospect of ICT will be known as "Edemocracy." Edemocracy is a term used to describe electronic voting, to electronic delivery of government services. Deilbert beleives that ICT will be empowerd by states and corporations instead of citizens, which could lead to the invasion of privacy that has been preserved by liberal democratic systems. Diebert focuses on how Edeomocracy
will affect three well-known forms of democracy: representative democracy, direct democracy, and deliberative democracy.
The most disccused apsect of edemocracy Deibert assumes is the connectiong of citizens to thier elected officials and governments. Edemecracy will be able to create electronic fora or commons, electronic consultations and most notably electronic voting. Diebert beleives that edemocracy will help citiznes keep in direct touuch with the forums of the government. Diebert made valid assumptions of how techno-politicos are enthusiastic about electronic voting, but computer scientists and technology experts beleive electronic voting systems may be unreliable and insecure, which will inevitably lead to lack of election results.
Deilbert divides his report into sections, which he clearly states in the overview section of the report. The author brings the reader to a step-by-step question
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