Political Behavior and Technology

Voting Advice Applications in East Asia

Da-chi Liao, Boyu Chen, Michael J. Jensen (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

188 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-52206-1 (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 illustrations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction; Michael Jensen, Da-chi Liao and Boyu Chen
2. Voting Advice Applications in Japan: An Overview; Takayoshi UEKAMI and Hidenori TSUTSUMI
3. Issue Voting: The Introduction and Development of VAAs in Korea; Myungho Park, Minsu Jang, Seon-Ah Jeong, and Chanhee Yook
4. Strengthening Democracy- iVoter Website ' 's Development in Taiwan; Da-chi Liao and Boyu Chen
5. The Effects of VAAs on Voter ' 's Sophistication in Japan; Hidenori TSUTSUMI, Takayoshi UEKAMI, and Kazunori INAMASU
6. Hurdles for VAAs in the Politics of Opacity; Shin Dong Kim
7. The Connection and Effectiveness of the iVoter in Taiwan ' 's 2012 Legislative Election; Austin Wang
8. Conclusion: Voting Advice Applications, Information, and Democracy; Michael Jensen and Jih-wen Lin
List of contributors
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.11.2015
Zusatzinfo	IX, 188 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-137-52206-2 / 1137522062
ISBN-13	978-1-137-52206-1 / 9781137522061
Zustand	Neuware