Networked Information Technologies, Elections, and Politics Korea and the United States

by Han, Jongwoo

• ISBN13: 9780739146286
• ISBN10: 0739146289
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-12-23
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

 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 in both the United States and Korea. There has undoubtedly been a paradigm shift in political discourse, as the industrial age mass media-based public sphere gives way to the new networked information technologies (NNIT)-based cyber sphere. Analyzing and comparing Korea'¬"s Presidential Election in 2002 and the United States'¬" 2008 Presidential Election, Han discusses the impact of NNITs in electoral politics, as previously apolitical young generations have become more involved and transformed themselves into both a cohesive voting bloc and a formidable constituency. Han also addresses the role of NNITs in Korea'¬"s beef crisis and President Obama'¬"s legislation battle to reform the U.S. health care system, revealing unprecedented opportunities to observe this major change occurring in political systems during the so-called Information Age.