Research Statement

To begin with, As you can see, this is a multimodal showcase. In this chapter, my project will be about how popularized social platforms worldwide affect participatory democracy. It may include different regions’ political and cultural contexts. So, I will analyze how widely using social platforms affects local participatory democracy. First of all, I decided to use the blog form to convey the information because it can easily contain image resources and text illustrations. In my blog, I will frequently use image archives with narrative texts. When we dive into the contents. Firstly, consider some audiences who are unfamiliar with political terms such as democracy, dictation, etc. I will explain the terms and background information about basic political science contexts which are better for audiences who have never accessed the information. Then, I will state that democracy issues happen worldwide. To be more specific, it may contain the causes of public protests, what were public is protesting for, how social media promoted and influenced the protesting trend, and how the government reacts to the citizens’ rants and actions. Due to the different cultural and political contexts in various regions, the motivations and appeals of public action will vary in different countries. To illustrate it, I will frequently use the public’s opinion, comments, complaints, and rants on social platforms to describe how social platforms impact on people’s minds. The worldwide events reviews will include two significant events that happened in different countries. The main point is letting the ill-defined democracy audience feel we have a tight relationship with politics. Third, I will explore the available and feasible solutions to enrich social platforms with the power of voting and participating the government decision-making. This part will combine the solutions that other countries are using, and academic journals about giving rights to social platforms, to enable the public’s access to government decision-making.

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