Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Technology has influenced people's life. However, the future of our life with developed technology depends on how we use "technology." This paper examines whether voting behavior changes over the period from 1996 to 2000 under the influence of modern technology: Internet. Using ANES data, it concludes that overall Internet users' political behavior did not change but detected potential changes in the future. While Internet becomes a stronger factor to explain voting behavior, it does not significantly effect on young people's voting behavior because they are still a lack of motivation to use information rich instrument for their political purpose. They are more likely active in cyber world but fail to connect the bridge from cyber world to real world. Therefore psychological motivation should be main factor to increase turnout rate while Internet and other technology should consider supplemental instrument only to help potential voters to actually vote.