TY - JOUR

T1 - The strategy of people power in using the internet

T2 - implications for the political campaign in Hong Kong

AU - Ng, Ernest

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - This article aims to supplement current discussion on People Power by attempting to understand the strategies they used during the legislative council election in 2012. While numerous discussions in the public domain in Hong Kong concentrate on the dichotomy between “radical” and “moderate” among democrats, this review article would like to think beyond this scope. Instead, it argues that rather than being strictly radical as a way to differentiate themselves from other democrats, People Power successfully engaged the general public who are more apathetic in politics. This article points out two examples to show that People Power had successfully used online platforms to engage voters that are not otherwise reached by the existing political parties.

AB - This article aims to supplement current discussion on People Power by attempting to understand the strategies they used during the legislative council election in 2012. While numerous discussions in the public domain in Hong Kong concentrate on the dichotomy between “radical” and “moderate” among democrats, this review article would like to think beyond this scope. Instead, it argues that rather than being strictly radical as a way to differentiate themselves from other democrats, People Power successfully engaged the general public who are more apathetic in politics. This article points out two examples to show that People Power had successfully used online platforms to engage voters that are not otherwise reached by the existing political parties.

U2 - 10.1111/aspp.12076

DO - 10.1111/aspp.12076

M3 - Journal article

VL - 6

SP - 162

EP - 165

JO - Asian Politics and Policy

JF - Asian Politics and Policy

SN - 1943-0787

IS - 1

ER -