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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
By Jongwoo Han
Summary
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.
