Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Gov't functions according to dev't of ICT

1. Journal - Kim, Jin Hyang “Round Table: President Election and the Role of Cyber Communication (Case Study: Nosamo Activity)” Chonja Minjujueui’ wa Cyber Communication 2002.0 (2002): 66-74

Nosamo is a meaningful fan club in Korea since this is first fan club of political person and it grew very fast. Nosamo activity affects a lot to the national contest for a leadership of the parties. It started in 2000 due to defeat in a presidency election and set up based on through cyber space with first 300 members. Now it has 50,000 members in the club.

2. Journal - Steinberg, David I. “Korea: Triumph Amid Turmoil” Journal of Democracy 9.2 (1998): 76-90

The election is a milestone in Korean political development; it marked the first time in Korean history that a peaceful transfer of power took place between political parties through the electoral process. For Kim’s winning, the media played a role of unprecedented prominence in 1997. Television became a major force.

3. Journal - Michnick, Adam and Jay Rosen “The Media and Democracy: A Dialogue” Journal of Democracy 8.4 (1997): 85-93

Michnik answers; democratic press can at the same time be a free press because democracy is a matter of institutional order. During period of dictatorship, freedom of the press meant for me more or less that I could write what I wanted to write, and nobody would put me in prison for it.

4. Journal - Foley, Michael W. and Bob Edwards “The Paradox of Civil Society” Journal of Democracy 7.3 (1996): 38-52

Michael Walzer said that dense network of civil associations promote the stability and effectiveness of the democratic polity through both the effects of association on citizens’ habits of the heart and the ability of associations to mobilize citizens on behalf of public causes and emergent civil society in Latin America and Eastern Europe are credited with effective resistance to authoritarian regimes, democratizing society from below while pressuring authoritarians for change. Thus civil society, understood as the realm of private voluntary association, from neighborhood committees to interest groups to philanthropic enterprises of all sorts, has come to be seen as an essential ingredient in both democratization and the health of established democracies.

5. Book - Kwon, Tae Hwan and Hyeong Je Cho. Understanding of Information Society. Seoul: Mirae Media, 1997

Gov't functions according to dev't of ICT
1. efficiency of national economy
2. social welfare Distinctive trend: "small government" through liberalization and de-regulation
  • "Information Highway"
  • "Industrialization" for information and telecommunication industry
  • change of gov't org.: "e-government", planning "privatization", "teledemocracy", we can accomplish these planning through solving the problem of "digital divide" and pushing on "democratic regulation"


6. Book – Chong, Ui-myong. Ch*ongbohwa wa Hanguk sahoe: digital kisul palch*on kwaj*ong ui taejungj*ok ihae. Seoul: Nasan Publishing Company, 1998

(pp.331-332) Public information infra-structure is important for Information and knowledge to be spread to all. This opens an opportunity on enlightening the public and also can be used as an educational tool.

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