The depiction of democracy in Japan’s newspapers
The depiction of democracy in Japan’s newspapers
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日本报纸上的民主表述
DOI：
10.1080/01292986.2020.1862262
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Jun Tsukada
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作者：
KAWASAKI Kosaku;UNZAI Hiroshi;NAKAMURA Daiki;ISHIKAWA Yuta;雲財寛，川崎弘作;雲財寛;Jun Tsukada;Jun Tsukada
本文的目的是了解日本两家主要报纸所描绘的“什么样的”民主。媒体传播和规范化的民主类型可能具有相关性，因为它可能会影响公民如何看待自己在民主中的地位，并随后影响他们如何参与或不参与政治事务。为了更广泛地了解这一规范概念的表达方式，我们从朝日新闻和产经新闻中挑选了 493 篇文章，这两家报纸位于政治光谱的两端。研究发现，2000年至2017年间，新闻中对民主的表述高度多样化，有时是矛盾的，但大多数时候是模棱两可的，缺乏对其规范性和政治属性的阐述。在新闻中提及民主可能有助于人们熟悉它，但本研究中看到的趋势也可能会导致人们对这一概念产生不确定感，并阻止公民参与他们不自信或不熟悉的事情。
The goal of this article is to understand what ‘kind’ of democracy is being depicted by two Japanese major newspapers. The kind of democracy being disseminated and normalised by the media can be relevant as it can potentially shape how citizens see themselves in democracy and later influence how they may or may not engage in political affairs. In order to capture the wider spectrum of how this normative concept is being articulated, 493 articles were chosen from Asahi and Sankei newspapers, which are located at opposing ends of the political spectrum. It was found that between 2000 and 2017, the articulation of democracy in the news was highly diversified, at times contradictory but most of the times ambiguous lacking articulation over its normative and political attributes. Mentioning democracy in the news may contribute to its familiarisation, but the tendency seen in this study may also lead to provoke a sense of uncertainty over the concept and discourage citizens to engage in something they are not confident nor familiar.