Beschreibung:
Jongwoo Han is adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Senior Associate at the Center for Information Technology and Policy at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
This book examines the changes in elections, politics, and democratic movements over the past decade, marking a paradigm shift in political discourse. Han reveals the impacts of networked information technologies, and discusses how previously apolitical youth have transformed into a cohesive voting bloc and formidable constituency.
Acknowledgments List of Tables Chapter One-New Experimentation: Cyberspace, the Networked Public Sphere, and the Youth in the United States and Korea Chapter Two-How Korea's Wired Youth Became a Political Power: NNIT-Activated Experimentation and the 2002 Presidential Election in Korea Chapter Three-What the New Experimentation Portends for Democracy: Korea's Beef Crisis Chapter Four-NNITs and the Obama Phenomenon: Transforming Electoral Politics of Youth Chapter Five-Obama Tweeting and Tweeted: The Sotomayor Nomination and Health Care Reform Chapter Six-Making Sense of the New Experimentation References About the Author Index