Research 1 : < Social Media having big impact on S. Korea election campaigns>

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/korean_peninsula/AJ201212160018

My Topic:
SNS election campaign should be allowed. 
 
What I hope to learn from this source:
I want to get information about the impact of sns and internet in Korea. 

Notes:

1.  Campaigns using social media are allowed in South Korea, following the Constitutional Court’s ruling last year that said limiting election campaigns infringes upon voters’ freedom of political expression.

2. Both the Park and Moon camps set up SNS organizations on Seoul’s Yeouido Island, where the National Assembly Building and party headquarters are concentrated. Park’s party grabbed the attention of voters after it posted rare pictures of Park’s private life, including the candidate making coffee in her kitchen and playing with her dog, on Kakao Talk, a popular free cross-platform mobile messaging application for smartphones. “SNS is the most appropriate media to show a candidate’s human aspects and can nurture a sense of affinity," said Kim Chul-kyun, head of the Park camp SNS headquarters.

3. Moon has been aggressively posting messages on Twitter and Facebook

4. The ruling made it officially possible to use SNS in the presidential and general elections to be held in South Korea in 2012. Users are allowed to support or criticize certain candidates on the Internet if their posts are based on facts and are not defaming.

 

Final Thoughts:

I could get information about the election strategy of Park and Moon and permission of freedom of political expression in Korea.

 

Week 3 : Articulation

Articulation

1) My argument

I want to argue that SNS should be allowed to use for candidates as election campaign. Candidates can use sns in order to gain votes and communicate with the public. As Internet has been highly advanced and  the number of Internet and sns users has grown dramatically, so we can't ignore its effects and influences. Therefore, I want to emphasize its strong point and it is very close to modern life. 

2) How I found my argument 
My research questions related to Internet were effect of sns and the liberty of expression on Internet. These questions were very close to peoples' life in technology society and is controversial in the legal cycle. Because of these reasons, I do research related to the influence of them. As I continued researching, it seemed obvious that lots of people use Internet and SNS and sns influenced to the public sentiment and it can help the gaining the vote as we can see the occasion of election of Obama.  

3) New research questions 
I have several questions that need to be resolved.
a) How can I prove the effectiveness of sns election campaign in Korea?
b) How I can implicate lots of people will be interested in SNS election campaign 
I'll continue finding the research and internet news that can support my idea. 

4) Connections to the Harvard Sampler 
This argument has some connections to the Harvard Sampler. First, it obviously is directly related to the Internet and liberty of expression on the Internet because sns is the cyber space and the place that people communicate with each other as they express their opinion about the candidates. Second, it has little connection to the human mind because the effect of election campaign through sns is related to moving or preoccupying voters' mind.

Week 2 : Research Proposal

 1. What is my current topic?
 - My current topic is " Do we allow electioneering through sns?" I'm interested in the effect of cyber space and      social phenomenon. 'election campaign through sns' is become cultural trend so I want to do a survey and          know about this phenomenon. 


2. What are my guiding questions?

 - What is social effect of electioneering through SNS?
 - Can election campaign through SNS affect the judgement of people? 
 - Misinformation and political interests on SNS


 3.What are my current thoughts?
 - I think we  have to allow electioneering through SNS because it can increase the political interests of people  and  their communication. I will persuade people through using examples related to positive effects of sns election campaign.

4.What is the opposition?
 - The opponents will  say this electioneering can make confusion to people because of misinformation and it can spread false information about candidates.

Week 1 objectives

Brainstorming!

About 'Human Mind'

 - What is the effect of public opinion to human mind
 - the effect of growing pains to relationships with people.
 - the strategy of human mind documentary to draw attention
 - the psychology of elderly people through internet use.
 - How is the wish of buying product related to media and advertisements  


About 'Internet'
- the effect of sns
- sns selection campaign
- the liberty of expression on Internet