Networked collective actions : the making of an impeachment / Hyunjin Seo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seo, Hyunjin, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in digital politics.

Oxford Studies in Digital Politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social action--Korea (South).

Social action.

Social movements--Korea (South).

Social movements.

Park, Geun-Hye--Impeachment.

Park, Geun-Hye.

Korea (South).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Hyunjin Seo offers a comprehensive account of South Korean citizens' massive and sustained candlelight vigils in 2016-17, which led to impeachment and removal of then President Park Geun-hye. Based on interviews with key players in the impeachment movement and original analyses of news reports and social media posts, Seo untangles intricate interactions between different actors that were supported and sometimes constrained by the technological, socio-political, and legal environments in which they occurred. In doing so, Seo examines how the broad public consensus on Park was achieved in a South Korean media environment characterised by polarisation and low public trust, where extreme right-wing media outlets amplified conspiracy theories and false claims in opposition to impeachment.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Agent-Affordance Framework of Networked Collective Actions

3. The Changing Information Ecosystem in South Korea

4. Candlelight Vigils and Citizen Activism

5. Sewol Ferry Disaster: Growing Anger Toward President Park

6. Networked Collective Action and the Impeachment of President Park

7. Park's Supporters Fight Back: Conspiracy Theories and Far-Right Groups

8. After the Candles Were Extinguished: Post-impeachment Issues

9. Conclusion: Evolving Agent-Affordance Interactions and Information Ecosystem.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Seo, Hyunjin Networked Collective Actions

ISBN:

0-19-753892-4

0-19-753891-6

OCLC:

1285167151