Political Behavior and Technology

Voting Advice Applications in East Asia

Da-chi Liao, Boyu Chen, Michael J Jensen, Colin W Pritchard (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

188 Seiten

2016 | 2016 ed.
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-56908-3 (ISBN)

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This volume is a study of the emergence and consequences of computerized voting advice applications (VAAs) in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. In contrast to the European experience of VAAs simplifying vote choices, this research shows that VAAs in East Asia may increase their complexity.

Takayoshi Uekami, Okayama University, Japan Hidenori Tsutsumi, Kagawa University, Japan Myungho Park, Dongguk University, South Korea Minsu Jang, Dongguk University, South Korea Seon-Ah Jeong, Dongguk University, South Korea Chanhee Yook, Dongguk University, South Korea Kazunori Inamasu, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan Shin Dong Kim, Hallym University, Korea Austin Wang, Duke University, USA Jih-wen Lin, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

List of illustrationsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction; Michael Jensen, Da-chi Liao and Boyu Chen2. Voting Advice Applications in Japan: An Overview; Takayoshi UEKAMI and Hidenori TSUTSUMI3. Issue Voting: The Introduction and Development of VAAs in Korea; Myungho Park, Minsu Jang, Seon-Ah Jeong, and Chanhee Yook4. Strengthening Democracy- iVoter Website ' 's Development in Taiwan; Da-chi Liao and Boyu Chen5. The Effects of VAAs on Voter ' 's Sophistication in Japan; Hidenori TSUTSUMI, Takayoshi UEKAMI, and Kazunori INAMASU6. Hurdles for VAAs in the Politics of Opacity; Shin Dong Kim7. The Connection and Effectiveness of the iVoter in Taiwan ' 's 2012 Legislative Election; Austin Wang8. Conclusion: Voting Advice Applications, Information, and Democracy; Michael Jensen and Jih-wen LinList of contributorsIndex

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
Schlagworte	CCEJ • Democracy • East Asia • Electoral Systems • Information Technology • Internet politics • iVoter • Japan • party systems • political behavior • South Korea • Taiwan • VoteMatch • Voting advice applications • Voting Behavior
ISBN-10	1-349-56908-9 / 1349569089
ISBN-13	978-1-349-56908-3 / 9781349569083
Zustand	Neuware