Redefining Political Time and Space: New Venues for Contesting Power

Contemporary social movements simultaneously occupy local, national, transnational, and global space as a result of innovations in, and applications of, technologies … which produce instantaneous communication across traditional frontiers…The Gramscian framework of resistance thus must be stretched to encompass new actors and spaces from which counter hegemonic consciousness is expressed (Mittleman 2000, p. 169)

Informational technology has turn to be a potential arena where politicians air their views, ask for support and even displaying their potentials. This has come as a result of development in science and technology more specifically the Information Technology. This is sometimes called cyber politics it is a growing kind of politics that impacts politics today. Physical contact by the audience is now losing momentum. The mushrooming of social networks has resulted to online political discussions that in one way or the other influences the community either to vote for or against a political candidates. To me this is a liberalization to people and therefore politicians have to mind on what they are doing but also familiarizing themselves with digital devices is a must and not a request.