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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewHyunjin Seo's Networked Collective Actions: The Making of an Impeachment is a much-needed addition to the growing literature on collective action, written from the intersection of media and politics. … The framework Seo provides is inherently versatile and inclusive, reflecting the challenges brought on by digital technologies of different kinds and applicable to both non-Western and Western contexts. * Soomin Seo, Asian Communication Research *
Amid justified pessimism concerning social media's negative role in political polarization, Hyunjin Seo's exemplary study of South Korea's recent successful impeachment of its president provides an alternative perspective. Through interviews and historical analysis of Korea's shifting politics and its well-established citizens' media, Seo explains why an initially polarized politics morphed into national consensus with dramatic results. Taking seriously the role of traditional media and on-the-ground symbolic politics alongside social media, Seo offers a much-needed antidote to Western-dominated understandings of our democratic futures. * Nick Couldry, Couldry, Professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory, London School of Economics and Political Science *
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Agent-Affordance Framework of Networked Collective Actions Chapter 3: Changing Information Ecosystem in South Korea Chapter 4: Candlelight Vigils and Citizen Activism Chapter 5: Sewol Ferry Disaster: Growing Anger Toward President Park Chapter 6: Networked Collective Action and Impeachment of President Park Chapter 7: Park's Supporters Fight Back: Conspiracy Theories and Far-right Group Chapter 8: After the Candles Were Extinguished: Post-impeachment Issues Chapter 9: Conclusion: Evolving Agent-Affordance Interactions & Information Ecosystem
