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butinunion.Thetwentiesofthesedays
power of SNS will be significant. Yoo
http://news.donga.com/
are suffering from hardships such as
Chang-oh, writer of ‘The Progressive
ThepercentageofSNSusersbyage
expensive university tuition fees and
Generation Would Govern’ predicts
youth unemployment. To overcome
that the power of SNS will also have a
these difficulties they have competed
significant effect on next year’s general
78.1%
6~19
to sharpen their competitiveness. They
election.Infact,boththerulingandthe
89.0%
20s
have tried to get certificates and higher
opposition parties scouted the experts
test scores on examinations in English.
of SNS. Ultimately, they are trying to
69.6%
30s
But by degrees, they grasp that it is not
communicate with the twenties through
the problem of the individual but of the
SNS.
48.7%
40s
society and they see the necessity of
unity. Also, they have tried to reflect
38.3%
50s
theiropinionstosocietythroughpolitical
Activeattitudetovote
participation. “Recent expansion of
The twenties who exercise the right to
22.0%
over60
the twenties’ political participation can
voteareincreasinginelections.Notonly
be seen as an effort to settle the social
thelastmayoralelection,butbythefifth
actively voting the twenties expressed
problems they encounter. Also, as the
localelectionin2010,aturnofthevoters
their frustration about the present
channel of communication is arranged,
increased by 12.9 percent, contrasted to
Government and existing political
suchasSNS,theirpoliticalparticipation
the general elections in 2008, according
parties which could not solve their
can be accelerated,” said Park Jin-
to the report of the Central Election
problems.
gyu, professor of the Department of
ManagementCommittee.
Communication & Media at Seoul
The writer Yoo analyzed that by
SignificanceofPolitical
Women’sUniversity.
ParticipationoftheTwenties
2010seoul.tistory.com
Lots of experts have a positive
TheAppearanceofTwenties’
feeling about the twenties’ political
PoliticalParticipation
participation. Past twenties were often
toocynicalaboutpoliticsandoftenthey
ThetwentiesandSNS
InthelastSeoulmayoralracethepower
did not even exercise their right to vote.
ofSNSprovedtobestrong.Somepeople
But as we checked in the last mayoral
encouraged others to vote by uploading
election, the twenties of today do not sit
theirvotingpictureonSNS.MayorPark,
by and watch anymore and they exert
who was elected by the utmost support
theirrightsactivelytochangesociety.
of the twenties, campaigned through
Jo Jung-bin, professor of Kookmin
SNS. According to the research on the
University Political Science &
actualconditionsofusingtheInternetby
International Relations, analyzed that
the Korea Communication Commission
the twenties who have strong ethical
last year, 67.6 percent of Internet users
emotions are certainly different from
inourcountryusedSNSsuchasTwitter,
the older generation bound to regional
Facebook, Cyworld, and more. Among
emotions and ideology. “Actually, the
all users, the twenties are the most and
386 generation of Korea is not free
accountfor89percent.And14.6percent
from regional emotions and ideologies.
ofSNSusersansweredthattheylookfor
By contrast, the twenties of today are
SNSofpoliticiansandpublicfigures.
capable of making rational decisions
Looking ahead to next year’s general
irrelevant to regional emotions and
election,politicalcirclesaretakingnote
ideologies, and they also ask politicians
▲The twenties of these days are suffering from
of SNS. The experts anticipate that the
for honesty. Also, their strong demand
hardships.
DECEMBER 2011

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