Internet has positive influences upon the development of democracy when it is utilized in politics as a new circulate medium, however, it also has its unavoidable negative influences.

• 摘要网络作为一种新的传播媒介在政治领域的广泛运用，对民主政治的发展具有积极的促进作用，同时也不可避免地产生了一系列消极影响。