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Local Elections and the Cyber Political Movement

Song Kyong Jae 1

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ABSTRACT

The use of the Internet in elections has become widespread in Korea. During the presidential elections in 2002 and 2007, as well as the general elections of the National Assemblymen in 2004 and 2008, candidates developed active cyber political movements and realized a certain degree of success. This study examines the possibility and limitation of the cyber political movement in the networked society by analyzing local elections in Korea. The results of this study indicate that the cyber political movement has two forms, including the top-down and bottom-up methods, and induces different resultsdepending on objects and methods. In addition, the two methods provide advantages such as the expansion of local issues, local agenda setting, or increased civic participation in the long term.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.