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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813202603321

Autore

Han Jongwoo <1962->

Titolo

Networked information technologies, elections, and politics : Korea and the United States / / by Jongwoo Han

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-280-65911-4

9786613636041

0-7391-4630-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

323.0420285

Soggetti

Information technology - Political aspects

Internet in political campaigns

Internet in political campaigns - Korea (South)

Internet in political campaigns - United States

Political participation - Technological innovations

Political participation - Technological innovations - Korea (South)

Political participation - Technological innovations - United States

Youth - Political activity - Technological innovations

Youth - Political activity - Technological innovations - Korea (South)

Youth - Political activity - Technological innovations - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Tables, Figures, and Diagrams; Chapter 01. New Experimentation; Chapter 02. How Korea's Wired Youth Became a Political Power; Chapter 03. What the New Experimentation Portends for Democracy; Chapter 04. NNITs and the Obama Phenomenon; Chapter 05. Obama Tweeting and Tweeted; Chapter 06. Conclusion; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Jongwoo Han's Networked Information Technologies, Elections, and Politics: Korea and the United States is a study on the changes that have been occurring in elections, politics, and democratic movements over the past decade. These changes show a paradigm shift in political discourse, from the industrial age mass media-based public sphere to



new networked information technologies (NNITs)-based cyber sphere. Han reveals