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Korean Online politics in an International perspectiveMaurice Vergeerwith the assistance of Yon Soo Lim, PhD and Se Jung Park, MA<br />Presentation held at Neso, Seoul, South Korea, June 22, 2011<br />This research was supported by WCU (World Class University) program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (No. 515-82-06574).<br />
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WCU project<br />Webometrics Institute, Yeungnam University<br />Hyperlink analysis<br />Professor Han Woo Park<br />Chien-leng Hsu<br />Content analysis and semantic network analysis<br />Yon Soo Lim<br />Se Jung Park<br />
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Politics in general<br />Decline in voter turnout in elections<br />Declining trust in politics and politicians in general<br />Not a national problem, but an international one<br />
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South Korean population: 50 million people<br />The Netherlands: 17 million people<br />2.1 million South Korean users<br />400.000 Dutch users<br />
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General adoption rate of Twitter<br />South Korea: 4.2%<br />Netherlands: 2.4<br />
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Korean parliament<br />Sampled all parliament members<br />Including some that left in the last 14 months<br />Data collection<br />Official resources<br />Dedicated software for downloading Twitter datausing a so-called API (applicationprogramming interface)<br />
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Adoption of Twitter<br />Overall 64.7 percent adopted Twitter as a micro-blogging tool<br />Grand National Party: 68.6%<br />Democratic Party: 62.9%<br />Other parties: 52.4%<br />
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Adoption of Twitter<br />On average they signup to Twitter more than a year ago (i.e. 412 days)<br />Grand National Party: 388 days ago<br />Democratic Party: 445 days ago<br />Other parties: 459 days ago<br />
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Male and female politicians subscribed to Twitter at about the same time<br />Politicians with an MA degree subscribed to Twitter slightly earlier<br />
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Results logistic regression of adoption of twitter<br />
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Results negative binomial regression analysis of Twitter activities<br />
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Results negative binomial regression analysis of Twitter activities<br />
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Results negative binomial regression analysis of Twitter activities<br />
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Results negative binomial regression analysis of Twitter activities<br />
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Conclusion<br />Innovationornormalisation?<br />Those in power (GNP) are lessactiveadopting and usingnew (social) media<br />Long time membersthat have an account predominantlyuseit to createnetworks, not to communicatedirectly (i.e. tweet)<br />
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Koreanpoliticiansseem to usesocial media as social media<br />Dutch politiciansseem to useTwitter as a mass media<br />
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Korean Online politics in an International perspectiveMaurice Vergeerwith the assistance of Yon Soo Lim, PhD and Se Jung Park, MA<br />Presentation held at Neso, Seoul, South Korea, June 22, 2011<br />This research was supported by WCU (World Class University) program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (No. 515-82-06574).<br />
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WCU project<br />Webometrics Institute, Yeungnam University<br />Hyperlink analysis<br />Professor Han Woo Park<br />Chien-leng Hsu<br />Content analysis and semantic network analysis<br />Yon Soo Lim<br />Se Jung Park<br />
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Politics in general<br />Decline in voter turnout in elections<br />Declining trust in politics and politicians in general<br />Not a national problem, but an international one<br />
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South Korean population: 50 million people<br />The Netherlands: 17 million people<br />2.1 million South Korean users<br />400.000 Dutch users<br />
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General adoption rate of Twitter<br />South Korea: 4.2%<br />Netherlands: 2.4<br />
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Korean parliament<br />Sampled all parliament members<br />Including some that left in the last 14 months<br />Data collection<br />Official resources<br />Dedicated software for downloading Twitter datausing a so-called API (applicationprogramming interface)<br />
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Adoption of Twitter<br />Overall 64.7 percent adopted Twitter as a micro-blogging tool<br />Grand National Party: 68.6%<br />Democratic Party: 62.9%<br />Other parties: 52.4%<br />
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Adoption of Twitter<br />On average they signup to Twitter more than a year ago (i.e. 412 days)<br />Grand National Party: 388 days ago<br />Democratic Party: 445 days ago<br />Other parties: 459 days ago<br />
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Male and female politicians subscribed to Twitter at about the same time<br />Politicians with an MA degree subscribed to Twitter slightly earlier<br />
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Results logistic regression of adoption of twitter<br />
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Results negative binomial regression analysis of Twitter activities<br />
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Results negative binomial regression analysis of Twitter activities<br />
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Results negative binomial regression analysis of Twitter activities<br />
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Results negative binomial regression analysis of Twitter activities<br />
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Conclusion<br />Innovationornormalisation?<br />Those in power (GNP) are lessactiveadopting and usingnew (social) media<br />Long time membersthat have an account predominantlyuseit to createnetworks, not to communicatedirectly (i.e. tweet)<br />
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Koreanpoliticiansseem to usesocial media as social media<br />Dutch politiciansseem to useTwitter as a mass media<br />