Positively Promoting Pilgrimage: Media Representations of Pilgrimage in Japan
Positively Promoting Pilgrimage: Media Representations of Pilgrimage in Japan
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积极推动朝圣：日本朝圣的媒体报道
DOI：
10.1525/nr.2007.10.3.13
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发表时间：
2007
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0.6
通讯作者：
I. Reader
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I. Reader
人们普遍认为，日本大众媒体通常只对宗教和宗教组织进行负面报道。然而，通过对日本大众媒体对朝圣的描述，本文表明，在某些情况下，宗教中心的活动在大众媒体中得到了非常积极的呈现。自20世纪20年代以来，广播、记者、报纸和国家电视广播机构对朝觐活动进行了极为有利的报道，对近年来朝觐人数的增长作出了重要贡献。然而，仔细研究大众传媒如何报道朝圣活动，就会发现它们主要被视为文化和传统的象征，而不是宗教的表现形式——这种差异引发了人们对大众传媒对宗教组织和一般宗教似乎持消极立场背后原因的质疑。
It is widely argued that the Japanese mass media generally only report on religions and religious organizations negatively. This paper shows, however, via an examination of mass media portrayals of pilgrimage in Japan, that there are contexts in which activities at religious centers are very positively presented in the mass media. Since the 1920s, pilgrimages have been represented in an extremely favorable light by broadcasters, journalists, newspapers and national television broadcasting organizations, with such representations making a significant contribution to the growth of pilgrim numbers in recent times. However, a close examination of how pilgrimages are presented in the mass media, indicates that they are treated primarily as symbols of culture and tradition rather than as manifestations of religion——a differentiation that raises questions about the reasons behind the seeming negative stance of the mass media towards religious organizations and religion in general.