New Media and Active Citizenship：A Taiwan Case Study

• Main Authors: CHEN,YA-LIN, 陳亞麟
• Other Authors: TSAI,MING-CHANG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4ruq3h

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 社會學系 === 104 === For the actions of petition and complaint, new media and the time spent on the Internet generate positive effects. In other words, those spending longer time on the Internet tend to be more active in the petition and complaint actions. Nevertheless, there is no significant correlation between use of new media and participation in citizenship movements. In summary, this study suggests that new media can encourage petitions, but does not stimulate citizenship movements. This is perhaps because petitions or complaints have lower opportunity costs, whereas citizen activism is more demanding in time and effort. This thesis attempts to explore the influence of “New Media” in active citizenship. To answer the above questions, data were drawn the 2010 Taiwan Social Change Comprehensive Survey (Round 6, Year 1) conducted by Acedemia Sinica. In this research, basic demographic variables (gender, age, education, ethnicity, income), political ideologies, and use of new media were investigated to see whether they associate with party preference in voting and citizen activism. The findings show that in predicting party preference, the main factor is political ideology, that is, the higher the level of “Taiwan consciousness” a respondent has, the stronger preference to vote for Pan-Green parties. Ethnic identity of basic demographic background is also an important factor. In contrast, use of new media was not directly related to the voting behavior.