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@article{ART001127920},
author={Chang Woo-Young},
title={The Structure of Political Opportunities and Social Movement: The Korean Case With a Focus on Cyberactivism of Civil General Election Solidarity and Nosamo},
journal={Informatization Policy},
issn={1598-3498},
year={2006},
volume={13},
number={3},
pages={49-68}

TY - JOUR
AU - Chang Woo-Young
TI - The Structure of Political Opportunities and Social Movement: The Korean Case With a Focus on Cyberactivism of Civil General Election Solidarity and Nosamo
JO - Informatization Policy
PY - 2006
VL - 13
IS - 3
PB - NIA
SP - 49
EP - 68
SN - 1598-3498
AB - In major elections of the 2000s, Korea’s civil society has experimented with cyberactivism, a new form of social movement. In the case of Korea, elections of the 2000s were held amid a new structure characterized by democratization and informatization that facilitated the big bang of civil society. The structure of political opportunities can function as a pre-condition or a momentum that vitalizes social movements. The two macro changes of democratization and informatization have nurtured new methods and strategies for social movements in Korea. A remarkable form of social movement that has emerged in the new structure of political opportunities is cyberactivism. Strategies of the civil society that are based on the effective use of the cyberspace are generating great waves of transformation in the organization, goals, and effects of social movements. In particular, the cases analyzed in this study show that the political effects of cyberactivism are greatly increased during the times of elections. Furthermore, the implications of cyberactivism, which are essentially based on voluntary online organization and political mobilization, will greatly affect our understanding of participatory democracy. It is from such perspective that this study will carry out a comparative analysis of the characteristics of cyberactivism using the cases of Civil General Election Solidarity(CGES) and Nosamo. In particular, this study will focus on the contents of political opportunity structure that improves resources mobilization capability of the civil society and characteristics, effects, and implications of cyberactivism.
KW - CGES;cyberactivism;cyberspace;Nosamo;structure of political opportunities
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Chang Woo-Young. (2006). The Structure of Political Opportunities and Social Movement: The Korean Case With a Focus on Cyberactivism of Civil General Election Solidarity and Nosamo. Informatization Policy, 13(3), 49-68.

Chang Woo-Young. 2006, "The Structure of Political Opportunities and Social Movement: The Korean Case With a Focus on Cyberactivism of Civil General Election Solidarity and Nosamo", Informatization Policy, vol.13, no.3 pp.49-68.

Chang Woo-Young "The Structure of Political Opportunities and Social Movement: The Korean Case With a Focus on Cyberactivism of Civil General Election Solidarity and Nosamo" Informatization Policy 13.3 pp.49-68 (2006) : 49.

Chang Woo-Young. The Structure of Political Opportunities and Social Movement: The Korean Case With a Focus on Cyberactivism of Civil General Election Solidarity and Nosamo. 2006; 13(3), 49-68.

Chang Woo-Young. "The Structure of Political Opportunities and Social Movement: The Korean Case With a Focus on Cyberactivism of Civil General Election Solidarity and Nosamo" Informatization Policy 13, no.3 (2006) : 49-68.

Chang Woo-Young. The Structure of Political Opportunities and Social Movement: The Korean Case With a Focus on Cyberactivism of Civil General Election Solidarity and Nosamo. Informatization Policy, 13(3), 49-68.

Chang Woo-Young. The Structure of Political Opportunities and Social Movement: The Korean Case With a Focus on Cyberactivism of Civil General Election Solidarity and Nosamo. Informatization Policy. 2006; 13(3) 49-68.

Chang Woo-Young. The Structure of Political Opportunities and Social Movement: The Korean Case With a Focus on Cyberactivism of Civil General Election Solidarity and Nosamo. 2006; 13(3), 49-68.

Chang Woo-Young. "The Structure of Political Opportunities and Social Movement: The Korean Case With a Focus on Cyberactivism of Civil General Election Solidarity and Nosamo" Informatization Policy 13, no.3 (2006) : 49-68.