Media and Politics in Japan 9780824863555

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Table of contents :
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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