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Media and Politics in Japan / ed. by Ellis S. Krauss, Susan Pharr.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [1996]Copyright date: ©1996Description: 1 online resource (408 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780824863555
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.952
LOC classification:
  • P95.82.J3.M43 1996eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Tables -- Preface -- Part I. The Mass Media and Japan -- Introduction: Media and Politics in Japan: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives -- 1. Media as Trickster in Japan: A Comparative Perspective -- Part II. Media Organizations and Behavior -- 2. Mass Media as Business Organizations: A U.S.–Japanese Comparison -- 3. Portraying the State: NHK Television News and Politics -- Part III. The Role of the Media in Politics and Policy -- 4. Japan’s Press and the Politics of Scandal -- 5. Television and Political Turmoil: Japan’s Summer -- 6. Media and Policy Change in Japan -- 7. Media and Political Protest: The Bullet Train Movements -- 8. Media Coverage of U.S.–Japanese Relations -- Part IV. Media and the Public -- 9. Media Exposure and the Quality of Political Participation in Japan -- 10. Media in Electoral Campaigning in Japan and the United States -- 11. Media Agenda Setting in a Local Election: The Japanese Case -- Part V. Media and Politics -- 12. The Mass Media and Japanese Politics: Effects and Consequences -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: Japan is one of the most media-saturated societies in the world. The circulations of its "big five" national newspapers dwarf those of any major American newspaper. Its public service broadcasting agency, NHK, is second only to the BBC in size. And it has a full range of commercial television stations, high-brow and low-brow magazines, and a large anti-mainstream media and mini-media. Japanese elites rate the mass media as the most influential group in Japanese society. But what role do they play in political life? Whose interests do the media serve? Are the media mainly servants of the state, or are they watchdogs on behalf of the public? And what effects do the media have on the political beliefs and behavior of ordinary Japanese people? These questions are the focus of this collection of essays by leading political scientists, sociologists, social psychologists, and journalists. Japan's unique kisha (press) club system, its powerful media business organizations, the uses of the media by Japan's wily bureaucrats, and the role of the media in everything from political scandals to shaping public opinion, are among the many subjects of this insightful and provocative book.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Tables -- Preface -- Part I. The Mass Media and Japan -- Introduction: Media and Politics in Japan: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives -- 1. Media as Trickster in Japan: A Comparative Perspective -- Part II. Media Organizations and Behavior -- 2. Mass Media as Business Organizations: A U.S.–Japanese Comparison -- 3. Portraying the State: NHK Television News and Politics -- Part III. The Role of the Media in Politics and Policy -- 4. Japan’s Press and the Politics of Scandal -- 5. Television and Political Turmoil: Japan’s Summer -- 6. Media and Policy Change in Japan -- 7. Media and Political Protest: The Bullet Train Movements -- 8. Media Coverage of U.S.–Japanese Relations -- Part IV. Media and the Public -- 9. Media Exposure and the Quality of Political Participation in Japan -- 10. Media in Electoral Campaigning in Japan and the United States -- 11. Media Agenda Setting in a Local Election: The Japanese Case -- Part V. Media and Politics -- 12. The Mass Media and Japanese Politics: Effects and Consequences -- Contributors -- Index

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Japan is one of the most media-saturated societies in the world. The circulations of its "big five" national newspapers dwarf those of any major American newspaper. Its public service broadcasting agency, NHK, is second only to the BBC in size. And it has a full range of commercial television stations, high-brow and low-brow magazines, and a large anti-mainstream media and mini-media. Japanese elites rate the mass media as the most influential group in Japanese society. But what role do they play in political life? Whose interests do the media serve? Are the media mainly servants of the state, or are they watchdogs on behalf of the public? And what effects do the media have on the political beliefs and behavior of ordinary Japanese people? These questions are the focus of this collection of essays by leading political scientists, sociologists, social psychologists, and journalists. Japan's unique kisha (press) club system, its powerful media business organizations, the uses of the media by Japan's wily bureaucrats, and the role of the media in everything from political scandals to shaping public opinion, are among the many subjects of this insightful and provocative book.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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