Media and Politics in Japan

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Susan Pharr, Ellis S. Krauss
University of Hawaii Press, 1996/03/01 - 408 ページ

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.

 

目次

Media and Politics in Japan Historical
3
Japans Mass Media
6
A Comparative
19
NHK Television News and Politics
89
Japans Press and the Politics of Scandal
133
Japans Summer
165
Media and Policy Change in Japan
187
The Bullet Train
213
ELLIS S KRAUSS
243
Media Exposure and the Quality of Political
277
Media in Electoral Campaigning in Japan and
313
Effects
355
Contributors
373
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