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Discourse Analytic Study of Disaster Reportage

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K02674
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

SATOH Akira  大阪大学, 言語文化研究科(言語文化専攻), 准教授 (90312438)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords談話分析 / メディア / 報道 / 災害 / メディア翻訳 / 災害報道 / 言語学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

I examined how the word hero and the equivalent expressions were used in the Western and Japanese media. The database and Internet research indicated that these expressions were used differently between them. I then related the differences in use to the differences in the notion of hero: namely, the reluctant use of the expression in the Japanese media reflected that the knowledge schema of hero in the West was not shared in Japan.
I then contrasted the differences between an original article in an American newspaper and its official translation into Japanese. In the original article, the accident was like a war, in which ‘soldiers’ were taming it, while in its translation it was not like a war, in which unknown people were calming it down. Regarding negative information, the English article told the vivid voice of the workers and that they were in danger, but the Japanese article restrained to do so. I concluded that the differences reflected those in audiences and their values.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

原発事故に関する米紙の和訳記事において英語原文記事からの一貫した抑制的改変が行われたことから、国内メディアに対する指摘と同様、編集者/翻訳者の介入が、人々をパニックに陥れないようにという意図に動機付けられている可能性があることなど、災害報道の背後にある態度・規範・価値観などを露にすることができたのが学術的意義である。このことは、まだ緒についたばかりである、災害問題に関する人文学・社会科学の構築に資することになる。
また社会的意義としては、本研究を例示して、メディア情報を正しく読み解く力(メディア・リテラシー)の育成に役てるといった教育への貢献が挙げられる。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (2 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] メディアにおいて原発事故の現場作業員はどう扱われたか2018

    • Author(s)
      佐藤 彰
    • Journal Title

      言語文化共同研究プロジェクト2017:相互行為分析④-談話とイデオロギー-

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-10

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 米紙英文記事とその公式和訳はどう違うのか-災害報道が伝えるストーリー・価値観を検証する-2017

    • Author(s)
      佐藤 彰
    • Journal Title

      言語文化共同研究プロジェクト2016:相互行為分析3-メディアと談話-

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-10

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Post-Truth Age Has Come to Japan: Critical Discourse Analysis of the TV Reportage of the Anti-U.S. Base Protesters in Okinawa2019

    • Author(s)
      Akira Satoh
    • Organizer
      International Pragmatics Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Heroes in the West, but not in Japan: Media portrayal of the workers at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant2018

    • Author(s)
      Akira Satoh
    • Organizer
      Sociolinguistics Symposium 22
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] How did the Japanese media use quotations in their coverage of the Fukushima disaster?2018

    • Author(s)
      Akira Satoh
    • Organizer
      Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 2018
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] How Western/Japanese media construct ‘realities’: Different stories of the nuclear events in Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      Akira Satoh
    • Organizer
      The 15th International Pragmatics Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 原発事故を報道する米紙の和訳記事は『大本営発表』だったか:ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル日本版における原発事故関連報道の批判的談話分析2017

    • Author(s)
      佐藤 彰
    • Organizer
      第49回メディアとことば研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 災害報道の社会言語学的分析:英米メディアが見た東日本大震災2016

    • Author(s)
      佐藤彰
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会
    • Place of Presentation
      金沢大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-12
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] メディアとことば5:政治とメディア2020

    • Author(s)
      佐藤 彰
    • Publisher
      ひつじ書房
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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