Dr. Hojeong Lee teaches media studies in the Department of Media Studies and Production at Temple University.Dr. Joong-Hwan Oh is professor of sociology at Hunter College of The City University of New York.

Editors Lee and Oh collected 16 chapters examining how the use of and access to digital media support democratic activism in South Korea. They acknowledge that autocrats can manipulate the reception of digital media as easily as democrats can. Each chapter, whether a newly or previously published journal article, follows the same format: hypothesis with literature review, a data analysis based on surveys or a deep dive into online resources, and discussion. The best chapters are 4 and 5 (examining political blogs), 10 (the dynamics of relationships by internet use), and 15 (comparative study of East Asian youth engagement) because of the strength of their analysis and discussion. The authors are active academics in communication and political science, so readers should have a basic understanding of Korean history and social development in South Korea and a thorough knowledge of the pedagogy and methodology of these disciplines to follow arguments and data analysis…. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

• Chapter 1: Diversity of Online News Media: Source and Frame AnalysesChapter 2: Constructing Collective Memory in the Digital Era: An Analysis of News Stories on the Former President’s Death Chapter 3: Relationships between Online Users’ Perceived Journalistic Roles and News Engagement: The Moderating Role of CredibilityChapter 4: A Functional Analysis of the 2007 South Korean Presidential Campaign BlogsChapter 5: The Influence of Blog Posting on Issue Involvement and Political ParticipationChapter 6: YouTube Videos as a Means of Grassroots Mobilization in Korea’s Candlelight Movements: "Learning from YouTube" RevisitedChapter 7: Who Talks Politics?: An Empirical Study of Online and Offline Casual Political CommunicationChapter 8: The Internet and Social Media: Integrated Consequences for Political Discussion for Korean College StudentsChapter 9: Why Does the Press Still Matter? Explaining the Conditional Effects of Online Mobilization of Protest on Newspaper Market Structures in AsiaChapter

Dr. Hojeong Lee teaches media studies in the Department of Media Studies and Production at Temple University.Dr. Joong-Hwan Oh is professor of sociology at Hunter College of The City University of New York.

Editors Lee and Oh collected 16 chapters examining how the use of and access to digital media support democratic activism in South Korea. They acknowledge that autocrats can manipulate the reception of digital media as easily as democrats can. Each chapter, whether a newly or previously published journal article, follows the same format: hypothesis with literature review, a data analysis based on surveys or a deep dive into online resources, and discussion. The best chapters are 4 and 5 (examining political blogs), 10 (the dynamics of relationships by internet use), and 15 (comparative study of East Asian youth engagement) because of the strength of their analysis and discussion. The authors are active academics in communication and political science, so readers should have a basic understanding of Korean history and social development in South Korea and a thorough knowledge of the pedagogy and methodology of these disciplines to follow arguments and data analysis…. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

• Chapter 1: Diversity of Online News Media: Source and Frame AnalysesChapter 2: Constructing Collective Memory in the Digital Era: An Analysis of News Stories on the Former President’s Death Chapter 3: Relationships between Online Users’ Perceived Journalistic Roles and News Engagement: The Moderating Role of CredibilityChapter 4: A Functional Analysis of the 2007 South Korean Presidential Campaign BlogsChapter 5: The Influence of Blog Posting on Issue Involvement and Political ParticipationChapter 6: YouTube Videos as a Means of Grassroots Mobilization in Korea’s Candlelight Movements: "Learning from YouTube" RevisitedChapter 7: Who Talks Politics?: An Empirical Study of Online and Offline Casual Political CommunicationChapter 8: The Internet and Social Media: Integrated Consequences for Political Discussion for Korean College StudentsChapter 9: Why Does the Press Still Matter? Explaining the Conditional Effects of Online Mobilization of Protest on Newspaper Market Structures in AsiaChapter

Dr. Hojeong Lee teaches media studies in the Department of Media Studies and Production at Temple University.Dr. Joong-Hwan Oh is professor of sociology at Hunter College of The City University of New York.

Editors Lee and Oh collected 16 chapters examining how the use of and access to digital media support democratic activism in South Korea. They acknowledge that autocrats can manipulate the reception of digital media as easily as democrats can. Each chapter, whether a newly or previously published journal article, follows the same format: hypothesis with literature review, a data analysis based on surveys or a deep dive into online resources, and discussion. The best chapters are 4 and 5 (examining political blogs), 10 (the dynamics of relationships by internet use), and 15 (comparative study of East Asian youth engagement) because of the strength of their analysis and discussion. The authors are active academics in communication and political science, so readers should have a basic understanding of Korean history and social development in South Korea and a thorough knowledge of the pedagogy and methodology of these disciplines to follow arguments and data analysis…. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

• Chapter 1: Diversity of Online News Media: Source and Frame AnalysesChapter 2: Constructing Collective Memory in the Digital Era: An Analysis of News Stories on the Former President’s Death Chapter 3: Relationships between Online Users’ Perceived Journalistic Roles and News Engagement: The Moderating Role of CredibilityChapter 4: A Functional Analysis of the 2007 South Korean Presidential Campaign BlogsChapter 5: The Influence of Blog Posting on Issue Involvement and Political ParticipationChapter 6: YouTube Videos as a Means of Grassroots Mobilization in Korea’s Candlelight Movements: "Learning from YouTube" RevisitedChapter 7: Who Talks Politics?: An Empirical Study of Online and Offline Casual Political CommunicationChapter 8: The Internet and Social Media: Integrated Consequences for Political Discussion for Korean College StudentsChapter 9: Why Does the Press Still Matter? Explaining the Conditional Effects of Online Mobilization of Protest on Newspaper Market Structures in AsiaChapter