Yeon-Ok Lee
Biographic Data
| ID | 335211 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yeon-Ok Lee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yeon-Ok |
| FAMILY NAME | Lee |
| SIGNATURE | LEE Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Royal Holloway University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The fragile beauty of peer-to-peer activism
In South Korea, the oligopoly of three conservative media conglomerates, popularly dubbed Chojoongdong, has been identified as a hindrance to the country’s democratic consolidation. This issue came to the fore during the mass candlelight protests in Seoul in 2008 against the then newly elected conservative government’s resumption of American beef imports despite public concern over the credibility of US food regulation. Born out of the beef prote…
Delineating the complex use of a political podcast in South Korea by hybrid web indicators
Can web ecology provide a clearer understanding of people's information behavior during election campaigns
This article examines the web ecology of the 2010 local elections in South Korea by using social science hyperlink analysis. The online networks of candidates were measured daily during the official campaign period. The results indicate that network dynamics among the candidates for education superintendent changed more rapidly as the campaign progressed than in the case of the mayoral candidates. However, the intensity of online networks for bot…
Methodological Research on “Sensitive” Topics
Drawing on van Meter’s (2000) article examining the methodological literature relating to research on “sensitive” topics, we analyse the corresponding journal literature in the decade following. We present data on authorship patterns, identify thematic continuities and discontinuities, and draw attention to gaps in the existing literature
The Reconfiguration of E-Campaign Practices in Korea
The dominance of the US model of electioneering in many countries worldwide seems less obvious when it comes to e-campaigning and its consequent influence on electoral results. This article details present e-campaign practices in South Korea, probably the most wired (and wireless) country in the world. By examining a case study of the 2007 presidential primaries of the Grand National Party (GNP), the largest opposition party in the South Korean N…
Internet Election 2.0? Culture, Institutions, and Technology in the Korean Presidential Elections of 2002 and 2007
A growing literature suggests that the effect of the Internet on politics is mediated by pre-Internet conditions, such as the levels of democratic and economic development, particular institutional dynamics, and political culture. This article first examines how the former president of South Korea, Roh Moo-Hyun, and his supporters appropriated online technology to counterbalance the effects of the existing mass media and political elite during th…
The Korean Presidential Election of 2007
Previous studies 1 illustrated that new information and communication technologies, represented by the Internet, contributed to bringing the young and reform-minded generation to vote for a liberal underdog Roh Moo-hyun 2 in the Korean presidential election of 2002.The next logical step in identifying the potentially long-standing impact of the Internet on Korean politics was to see if a similar scenario would unfold in the following election.Fro…
Methodological Research on “Sensitive” Topics
Drawing on van Meter’s (2000) article examining the methodological literature relating to research on “sensitive” topics, we analyse the corresponding journal literature in the decade following. We present data on authorship patterns, identify thematic continuities and discontinuities, and draw attention to gaps in the existing literature
The Korean Presidential Election of 2007
Previous studies 1 illustrated that new information and communication technologies, represented by the Internet, contributed to bringing the young and reform-minded generation to vote for a liberal underdog Roh Moo-hyun 2 in the Korean presidential election of 2002.The next logical step in identifying the potentially long-standing impact of the Internet on Korean politics was to see if a similar scenario would unfold in the following election.Fro…
Internet Election 2.0? Culture, Institutions, and Technology in the Korean Presidential Elections of 2002 and 2007
A growing literature suggests that the effect of the Internet on politics is mediated by pre-Internet conditions, such as the levels of democratic and economic development, particular institutional dynamics, and political culture. This article first examines how the former president of South Korea, Roh Moo-Hyun, and his supporters appropriated online technology to counterbalance the effects of the existing mass media and political elite during th…
Delineating the complex use of a political podcast in South Korea by hybrid web indicators
Can web ecology provide a clearer understanding of people's information behavior during election campaigns
This article examines the web ecology of the 2010 local elections in South Korea by using social science hyperlink analysis. The online networks of candidates were measured daily during the official campaign period. The results indicate that network dynamics among the candidates for education superintendent changed more rapidly as the campaign progressed than in the case of the mayoral candidates. However, the intensity of online networks for bot…
The fragile beauty of peer-to-peer activism
In South Korea, the oligopoly of three conservative media conglomerates, popularly dubbed Chojoongdong, has been identified as a hindrance to the country’s democratic consolidation. This issue came to the fore during the mass candlelight protests in Seoul in 2008 against the then newly elected conservative government’s resumption of American beef imports despite public concern over the credibility of US food regulation. Born out of the beef prote…
The Reconfiguration of E-Campaign Practices in Korea
The dominance of the US model of electioneering in many countries worldwide seems less obvious when it comes to e-campaigning and its consequent influence on electoral results. This article details present e-campaign practices in South Korea, probably the most wired (and wireless) country in the world. By examining a case study of the 2007 presidential primaries of the Grand National Party (GNP), the largest opposition party in the South Korean N…
The Korean Presidential Election of 2007
Previous studies 1 illustrated that new information and communication technologies, represented by the Internet, contributed to bringing the young and reform-minded generation to vote for a liberal underdog Roh Moo-hyun 2 in the Korean presidential election of 2002.The next logical step in identifying the potentially long-standing impact of the Internet on Korean politics was to see if a similar scenario would unfold in the following election.Fro…
Internet Election 2.0? Culture, Institutions, and Technology in the Korean Presidential Elections of 2002 and 2007
A growing literature suggests that the effect of the Internet on politics is mediated by pre-Internet conditions, such as the levels of democratic and economic development, particular institutional dynamics, and political culture. This article first examines how the former president of South Korea, Roh Moo-Hyun, and his supporters appropriated online technology to counterbalance the effects of the existing mass media and political elite during th…
The Reconfiguration of E-Campaign Practices in Korea
The dominance of the US model of electioneering in many countries worldwide seems less obvious when it comes to e-campaigning and its consequent influence on electoral results. This article details present e-campaign practices in South Korea, probably the most wired (and wireless) country in the world. By examining a case study of the 2007 presidential primaries of the Grand National Party (GNP), the largest opposition party in the South Korean N…
Methodological Research on “Sensitive” Topics
Drawing on van Meter’s (2000) article examining the methodological literature relating to research on “sensitive” topics, we analyse the corresponding journal literature in the decade following. We present data on authorship patterns, identify thematic continuities and discontinuities, and draw attention to gaps in the existing literature
Can web ecology provide a clearer understanding of people's information behavior during election campaigns
This article examines the web ecology of the 2010 local elections in South Korea by using social science hyperlink analysis. The online networks of candidates were measured daily during the official campaign period. The results indicate that network dynamics among the candidates for education superintendent changed more rapidly as the campaign progressed than in the case of the mayoral candidates. However, the intensity of online networks for bot…
The fragile beauty of peer-to-peer activism
In South Korea, the oligopoly of three conservative media conglomerates, popularly dubbed Chojoongdong, has been identified as a hindrance to the country’s democratic consolidation. This issue came to the fore during the mass candlelight protests in Seoul in 2008 against the then newly elected conservative government’s resumption of American beef imports despite public concern over the credibility of US food regulation. Born out of the beef prote…
Delineating the complex use of a political podcast in South Korea by hybrid web indicators
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · The Internet (4 works) · World Wide Web (4 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (3 works)