A Sociology Of Journalism In Japan

Author : César Castellvi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040028292
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sociology of Journalism in Japan written by César Castellvi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents an in-depth analysis of journalism in Japan during the golden era of the daily press and the gradual introduction of digital technology starting from the mid-1980s to the late 2010s. By presenting firsthand testimony from journalists and field notes collected from fieldwork in the newsroom of one of the country's largest newspapers, this book provides a unique insight into Japan's highly active yet relatively under-institutionalized journalistic profession. It also explores the changes experienced by the organizational development of Japanese journalism in response to broader changes in Japanese society, such as the emergence of social networks, the evolution of reading practices, the demographic situation, and the new aspirations of the Japanese youth. Based on an extensive ethnographic fieldwork carried out by the author over several years, this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Japanese society, journalism, and media studies.

Author : Susan Pharr
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824817619
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Media and Politics in Japan written by Susan Pharr and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : William De Lange
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9781873410684
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Japanese Journalism written by William De Lange and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Japan, the kisha-clubs are the focal point between the authorities and the media - they are not the counterpart of the leisurely, informal nature of western press clubs of which the free access to information is of the essence.

Author : Jeff Kingston
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317234367
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Press Freedom in Contemporary Japan written by Jeff Kingston and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In twenty-first century Japan there are numerous instances of media harassment, intimidation, censorship and self-censorship that undermine the freedom of the press and influence how the news is reported. Since Abe returned to power in 2012, the recrudescence of nationalism under his leadership has emboldened right-wing activists and organizations targeting liberal media outlets, journalists, peace museums and ethnic Korean residents in Japan. This ongoing culture war involves the media, school textbooks, constitutional revision, pacifism and security doctrine. This text is divided into five sections that cover: Politics of press freedom; The legal landscape; History and culture; Marginalization; PR, public diplomacy and manipulating opinion. Press Freedom in Contemporary Japan brings together contributions from an international and interdisciplinary line-up of academics and journalists intimately familiar with the current climate, in order to discuss and evaluate these issues and explore potential future outcomes. It is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand contemporary Japan and the politics of freedom of expression and transparency in the Abe era. It will appeal to students, academics, Japan specialists, journalists, legal scholars, historians, political scientists, sociologists, and those engaged in human rights, media studies and Asian Studies.

Author : Gregory J. Kasza
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520913795
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The State and the Mass Media in Japan, 1918-1945 written by Gregory J. Kasza and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gregory Kasza examines state-society relations in interwar Japan through a case study of public policy toward radio, film, newspapers, and magazines.

Author : Fabian Schäfer
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004230548
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Opinion – Propaganda – Ideology written by Fabian Schäfer and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-05-11 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As early as prewar Japan, thinkers of various intellectual proveniences had begun discussing the most important topics of contemporary media and communication studies, such as ways to define the social function of the press, journalism and the formation of public opinion. In Public Opinion – Propaganda – Ideology, light is particularly shed on press scholar Ono Hideo, his disciple the sociologist and propaganda researcher Koyama Eizō, Marxist philosopher Tosaka Jun and sociologist and postwar intellectual Shimizu Ikutarō. Besides introducing the different approaches of the aforementioned figures, this book also contextualizes the early discursive space of Japanese media and communication studies within global contexts from three perspectives of transnational intellectual history, i.e. adaptation reciprocities and parallels.

Author : Katsuya Minamida
Publisher : Apollo Books
ISBN 13 : 9781920901455
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pop Culture and the Everyday in Japan written by Katsuya Minamida and published by Apollo Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, a group of young Japanese sociologists scrutinizes the sociological foundations of the ways in which the Japanese people produce and consume cultural commodities and live their everyday lives surrounded by these products.

Author : Laurie Anne Freeman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400845874
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Closing the Shop written by Laurie Anne Freeman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is the relationship between the Japanese state and Japanese society mediated by the press? Does the pervasive system of press clubs, and the regulations underlying them, alter or even censor the way news is reported in Japan? Who benefits from the press club system? And who loses? Here Laurie Anne Freeman examines the subtle, highly interconnected relationship between journalists and news sources in Japan. Beginning with a historical overview of the relationship between the press, politics, and the public, she describes how Japanese press clubs act as "information cartels," limiting competition among news organizations and rigidly structuring relations through strict rules and sanctions. She also shows how the web of interrelations extends into, and is reinforced by, media industry associations and business groups (keiretsu). Political news and information are conveyed to the public in Japan, but because of institutional constraints, they are conveyed in a highly delimited fashion that narrows the range of societal inquiry into the political process. Closing the Shop shows us how the press system in Japan serves as neither a watchdog nor a lapdog. Nor does the state directly control the press in ways Westerners might think of as censorship. The level of interconnectedness, through both official and unofficial channels, helps set the agenda and terms of political debate in Japan's mass media to an extent that is unimaginable to many in the United States and other advanced industrial democracies. This fascinating look at Japan's information cartels provides a critical but often overlooked explanation for the overall power and autonomy enjoyed by the Japanese state.

Author : Kanesada Hanazono
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Development of Japanese Journalism written by Kanesada Hanazono and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clay Farris Naff
Publisher : Kodansha
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book About Face written by Clay Farris Naff and published by Kodansha. This book was released on 1994 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his unqualified affection for the Japanese, Naff introduces us to a newly minted country, one whose long-held traditions and assumptions are in flux and being questioned as never before.