" (Dahl 85) This is what is necessary for Dahl's true democracy and with this concept the condition of Democratic beliefs and political culture is naturally needed. For Democratic political culture asserts that political differences and disagreements amongst citizens should not only be tolerated but also be protected. But is this concept truly possible in a time where the Internet is becoming most the prominent and used tool of and for information? When one searches for news on the Internet, what sources are sought? Well needless to say they either look for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time magazine, Los Angeles Times, BBC, CNN, and so on, for these are our trusty sources of news that we have always used. With the Internet, it is also only these sources that we not only trust to use, but these sources are the only ones we know to use. We want to use something we are familiar with and it is these companies and sources that we decide to use unconsciously. However, the same actors that control them on TV, newspapers, radio and so on, control these new ICTs also. Hence, the only information that will be received and read is the information that they would like us to read, which means in a sense that information is censored from alternative thought. The Internet's rule and take over by the majority that had controlled our media and ideas beforehand, will only further the notion that Alexis de Tocqueville had made in his book, Democracy in America, "A majority taken collectively is only an individual whose opinions and frequently his interests, are opposed to those of another individual, who is styled a minority." (Petracca 223) So this majority restrains the minority (i.e. alternative information) even more than other forms of telecommunication had inhibited before. The Internet is now barley allowing other alternative sources to come about and be heard. .

             With the use of ICTs, people will only seek to search for news and information of their own interest.