ABSTRACT
This chapter tries to expand theoretical approaches to the advent of 'new media' by examining the components of what by now have become too often used, and too rarely thought about, terms - 'new media' and 'democracy'. Media policy has also often been a balancing act between the need to promote government interests, the public interest and the demands of the commercial market. Four processes of contemporary 'new media' characterize the early years of the current century: the advent of digitization, the popularization and commercialization of the Internet, the introduction of the mobile-turned-smart-phone and the convergence of the previous generation's media technologies. Every communication between and among humans can be broken down into the basic building blocks of information theory. The chapter examines the ways in which contemporary and information communication technologies (ICTs) and democracy are intertwined. It bridges the idea of democracy with the idea of social justice.
