When is an act considered political? Does the act have to be carried out by politicians or can an act be considered political when it takes place between ordinary people in a local pub? Are political acts purely in the hands of politicians? This article aims to discuss where politics occurs; examining the various influences that the theories have proposed and the way in which the information age has undermined the title's claim.Jef Huysmans, in "What is Politics", (2005: 43) states that the most likely place in where politics can take place are political individuals in political institutions, stating that “the obvious answer is in national and regional parliaments”. Politics definitely takes place in these places and there is no argument against this. Councilors, parliamentarians, ministers, MEPs are all politicians and therefore their actions are political. All politicians have political power; they have control over different parts of the government and different parts of the community. There are those in positions who can wield political power, but ultimately politicians make the decisions. A pressure group may fight against a cause, but it is politicians who will decide the course of action, whether the government introduces a bill, changes the law and exerts influence to stop something from happening. Members of the public rarely have this level of control. After all, can a factory manager or the head of a football team make political decisions? When football coaches choose players from foreign countries is it a political decision? But is an act political if it is performed by someone outside the political spectrum? Can two ordinary citizens carry out a political act at the pub or on a newsstand? Leftwich (2004)...... middle of paper ...... individuals can participate in legitimate (and illegitimate) political actions. Works Cited Doherty, Plows and Wall (2003) 'The Preferred Way Of Doing Things': The Parliamentary Affairs of the British Direct Action Movement, 56, 669-689. Facebook statistics on the number of people using the service (2012) http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statisticsHay, Colin (2007) 'Why we hate politics,' Polity Press.Huysmans, J. (2005) 'What is politics?' Edinburgh University PressLeftwich, Adrian (2004) 'Thinking politically: on the politics of politics'. From Leftwich, A.ed, What is Politics? , Making Democracy Work', Palgrave, Macmillan.TNW – An Internet news website with details of social networks.http://thenextweb.com/twitter /2011/03/14/twitter-users-now-send-1-billion-tweets-per-week/