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Evolution of Democracy Technology and Future Citizens


Lecture Information

  • Date2018-11-07
  • LocationSeoul Science Center

Instructor

Song, Kyungjae

Ph. D. political science, Kyung Hee University. Former advisory board member in Eduin, Ministry of Education/ Korea Communications Standards Commission/ Ministry of Culture, Media Policy Forum, K-MOOC management/ Former Research Fellow in Local Press Commission. Currently, advisory board member in National Election Commission and research professor in Kyung Hee Institute for Human Society (conducting research and teaching in fields such as political process, election campaign analysis, internet politics, cosmopolitan civic education, social media/political communication, social science methodology, governance and social capital).

In the era of the 4.0 industry, mobility society, information, and communication technology are continuously evolving. It’s a time to reflect on the changes in modern society and the corresponding shifts in social and political dynamics. Democracy, facing criticism for issues such as representation and accountability, has now reached a crisis, calling for urgent solutions. This lecture proposes potential solutions to democracy based on experiments to address challenges. As a starting point for achieving a better democracy, the lecture introduces and analyses the outcomes and success factors of recent projects in France, Spain, Brazil, and Taiwan that utilise mobility technology. These projects show how the emergence of future citizens utilising mobility technology influences the transformation of political processes while also addressing the direction for the future.