] "The Saturday, the Hangyore newspaper in Seoul Korea ] carried a front-page article entitled, "Youth Politics of ] the IT Generation Won," on the role of network ] connectivity in the recent election. Young supporters of ] No Mu-hyon flooded the internet with e-mails and ] saturated text messaging services with calls to get out ] the vote for No Mu-hyon. The article noted claims by ] information technology columnist Sin Tong-nyo'k': that ] information and power in the mass media and ] representative democracy were in the past vested in a ] minority, but have been conferred on the majority by the ] internet." Wow... Now South Korea is considerably more wired then the United States, so this is a window into the future. Smart Mobs turn election in South Korea |