A Comparative Study on Internet Election Campaigns in the United States, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26280124
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
• Research Institution: Meiji University
• Principal Investigator: Kiyohara Shoko 明治大学, 情報コミュニケーション学部, 専任准教授 (70372422)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 前嶋 和弘 上智大学, 総合グローバル学部, 教授 (10350729) ; 李 洪千 東京都市大学, メディア情報学部, 准教授 (80621200) ; 小笠原 盛浩 関西大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (00511958) ; 小林 哲郎 神戸大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 研究員 (60455194)
• Research Collaborator: OWEN Diana ; OGASAHARA Morihiro ; KOBAYASHI Tetsuro ; CHEN Boyu
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ネット選挙 / ソーシャルメディア / メディア環境 / 比較政治 / アメリカの選挙 / 東アジアの選挙 / 政治コミュニケーション / 選挙のアメリカ化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Political communication research examining the impact of the Internet on election campaigns is robust in many countires. Most previous studies have been strongly influenced by the American case. However, countries have experienced different patterns of online political development, and Internet election campaigns have unique, country-specific characteristics. Although there are some comparative studies on Internet election campaigns among several Western democracies, research examining Asian democracies, especially in conjunction with the US, is rare. Thus, our primary concern is to examine wheter or not the "Americanization" of elections is presentin East Asian democracies. In conclusion, a consideration of various contextual factors points to some reasons for the delay in establishing robust online election campaigns in Japan. Taiwan is moving more rapidly toward the "Americanization of elections" than Japan or South Korea.

Free Research Field

アメリカ政治、比較政治、政治コミュニケーション、情報通信政策