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Cho, Kyounghee (2019) The contribution of the digital revolution to Korea's democracy, with a focus on political communications, from 1993 to 2018. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
The research aim is to figure out the relationship between the development of digital communication and democracy using Korea as a case study (specifically focusing on 1993 to 2018, the period when digitalisation and political democratisation took place in earnest). To do this, two specific main research questions are set up, focusing on the historical digital developmental process and the present political communications through digital media in Korean society, respectively. To solve the research questions, preliminary investigation, including web analysis as well as the documentary analysis, is implemented. Most of the background information about the selected interview candidates and organisations is found out by preliminary investigations. Interviews are conducted during a two-month-long fieldwork period in Korea from 27 July 2017 to 30 September 2017, regarding both the democratic transition to Korean politics and society. Interview data are mostly collected from face-to-face interviews with civil servants and experts.
The literature review on political communication and democracy in the digital age helps to figure out the theoretical ideas, which raised further questions for examination. This study comprehensively analyses the changes of the media environment and political communications at both the governmental level and societal level in the digital era. In order to understand the overall circumstances of Korea, the specific Korean historical, political, economic, and cultural contexts are examined first, before the development of the Korean digital infrastructure is investigated. On this basis, understanding the digital development process in Korea, how digital communication affects Korean democracy is scrutinised by analysing the viii digital media use in the political realm at the aspect of the civil society as well as the government in the recent democratisation process.
Empirical data and findings in this Korean case study support the argument that digital communication has a democratic function, even if it is accompanying non-democratic social issues, and it supports direct and participatory democracies rather than representative democracy.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JQ Political institutions (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Digital communications -- Political aspects -- Korea (South), Democracy -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century, Democracy -- Korea (South) -- History -- 21st century, Communication -- Political aspects -- Korea (South) | ||||
| Official Date: | February 2019 | ||||
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| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
| Theses Department: | Department of Politics and International Studies | ||||
| Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
| Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Blanchard, Philippe, 1971- ; Pirie, Iain | ||||
| Sponsors: | Korea | ||||
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| Extent: | x, 328 leaves | ||||
| Language: | eng |
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