New technologies of communication and information have grown as resources that have the potential to strengthen democracy. Interactive and multifunctional, they offers a wealth and exchange of information, offering new possibilities for decentralized participation and connection between citizens and politicians. However, in much of the literature on digital democracy, it is common to overemphasize the technological dimensions and settle, deterministically, an association between the potential of new technologies and the revitalization of democratic institutions and practices. Although, these studies forget that to strengthen democracy, it takes not only effective communication structures, but also have to be present the proper motivation, interest and availability of the citizens to engage. Who is willing to participate if most people dislike politics? New technologies of communication and information were enough to get people involved? Our question is pertinent because some literature claim that people would participate if they were offered opportunities. So, we want to explore the willingness of people to participate, and in which way new information and communication technologies create novel modes of communicative interaction. As pointed by Peter Dahlgren, the question today is not so much as the Internet will change politics, but above all, what could motivate more people to see themselves as citizens of a democracy, to engage in politics and hiring opportunities that the network offers (Dahlgren, 2001, p. 53).
