Paper Info
Title
The structural relationship between politicians' web visibility and political finance networks: A case study of South Korea's National Assembly members.
Abstract
This study examines whether the network characteristics represented on the Internet drive or reflect other events and occurrences in the offline environment. More specifically, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the web visibility network of Korea's National Assembly members and the amount of financial donations they receive from the public. The results of the linear correlation analysis indicate a positive direction, suggesting that politicians who occupy a central position in the web visibility network are more likely to receive financial donations than those occupying a peripheral position. The quadratic assignment procedure (QAP) correlation results revealed a significant correlation between politicians' web visibility network and their political finance network. This study identifies the structural relationship between Korean politicians' online and offline networks.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1177/1461444812457335
NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY
Keywords
Field
DocType
Network analysis,political finance,South Korea,webometrics,web visibility
Visibility,Linear correlation,Sociology,Online and offline,Network analysis,Finance,Politics,Webometrics,The Internet
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
15.0
SP1
1461-4448
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.41
12
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yon Soo Lim1212.75
Han Woo Park276057.84