Video: Bloggers And Politics in S. Korea

Tech-savvy South Koreans, armed with laptops and cameras, are taking citizen journalism and activism to new heights. Changing the way their country does politics, tech-equipped political activists wrote online allegations that a deal to import more U.S. beef put society at risk of mad cow disease. The allegations tore through the internet so fast that they became 'fact' before the government or mainstream media had a chance to weigh in.

One early claim, which appeared to win wide credibility in one of the world's most educated societies, was that the homogeneous Korean race had a gene which made it particularly susceptible to the disease. Regardless, it showed that the public could take control of political and news agendas.

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