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Title Political behavior and technology : voting advice applications in East Asia / edited by Da-chi Liao, Boyu Chen, and Michael J. Jensen
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 188 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Voting Advice Applications in Japan: An Overview; 3. Issue Voting: The Introduction and Development of VAAs in Korea; 4. Strengthening Democracy: Development of the iVoter Website in Taiwan; 5. The Effects of VAAs on Voter Sophistication in Japan; 6. Hurdles for VAAs in the Politics of Opacity; 7. The Connection and Effectiveness of iVoter in Taiwan's 2012 Legislative Election; 8. Conclusion: Voting Advice Applications, Information, and Democracy; Bibliography; List of Contributors
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-177) and index
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Subject Internet voting -- East Asia
Political consultants -- East Asia
Information technology -- East Asia
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Information technology
Internet voting
Political consultants
East Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Liao, Da-chi, 1955- editor.
Chen, Boyu, 1976- editor.
Jensen, Michael J., 1976- editor
ISBN 9781137518927
1137518928