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Coming back home: An examination of the importance of community in recovering from disaster in Shinchimachi, Fukushima

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K12382
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field 震災問題と人文学・社会科学
Research InstitutionInternational Christian University

Principal Investigator

Jung Joo-Young  国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 教授 (40552336)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
KeywordsCommunication / Media / local community / Fukushima / Disaster / Stigma / Resilience / infrastructure / Storytelling network / Civic engagement / Community / PTSD / disaster recovery / community relations / storytelling / local media / community organization / future outlook / life satisfaction / Communication / Media / community / communication / media
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was established based on the proposition that residents’ connections to their community are one of the important factors in the post-disaster recovery. Interview and survey research was conducted in six towns in Fukushima as well as an online survey conducted across the Fukushima Prefecture. Six publications and six conference presentations were derived from the project. The study found that Fukushima residents perceived newly created stigma associated with the Fukushima Nuclear Accident from the mainstream media and interpersonal contacts. Based on communication infrastructure theory, the study found that residents' connectedness to neighbors, community organizations and local media had a positive influence on their resilience. Overall, the study findings implicate that utilizing and facilitating resident's connectedness to their neighborhood storytelling network is a sustainable and effective way to help Fukushima residents adjust to post-disater Fukushima.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

1. Enhancement of communication infrastructure theory to include relationships between macro- and meso/micro-level storytellers.
2. A proposition of future outlook as an outcome factor of neighborhood storytelling networks
3. One of the few studies that represent Fukushima residents' perspectives.

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

    (22 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (5 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Yonsei University(韓国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Embry Riddle Aeronautical University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Socio-psychological recovery from disasters through the neighborhood storytelling network: Empirical research in Shinchimachi, Fukushima2019

    • Author(s)
      Jung, Joo-Young
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Communication

      Volume: 13 Pages: 5927-5947

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A Multidimensional Analysis of Stigma: Findings from a Qualitative Study of Fukushima Residents Following Japan’s 2011 Nuclear Disaster2019

    • Author(s)
      Kwesell, Allison & Jung, Joo-Young
    • Journal Title

      Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research

      Volume: 2 Issue: 2 Pages: 233-258

    • DOI

      10.30658/jicrcr.2.2.4

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Newspapers and Cross-Level Communications on Social Media2018

    • Author(s)
      Jung Joo-Young、Villi Mikko
    • Journal Title

      Digital Journalism

      Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Pages: 58-75

    • DOI

      10.1080/21670811.2017.1335605

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report 2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Media Dependency (3rd edition)2018

    • Author(s)
      Jung Joo-Young
    • Journal Title

      Oxford Bibliographies in Communication

      Volume: 3 Pages: 1-10

    • DOI

      10.1093/obo/9780199756841-0056

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Media Dependency Theory2017

    • Author(s)
      Jung Joo-Young
    • Journal Title

      The International Encyclopedia of Media Effects

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-10

    • DOI

      10.1002/9781118783764.wbieme0063

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] SNS dependency and Interpersonal storytelling: An extension of media system dependency theory2016

    • Author(s)
      Yong-Chan Kim & Joo-Young Jung
    • Journal Title

      New Media & Society

      Volume: - Issue: 9 Pages: 1458-1475

    • DOI

      10.1177/1461444816636611

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report 2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Are you an opinion giver, seeker, or both? Re-examining political opinion leadership in the new communication environment2016

    • Author(s)
      Joo-Young Jung & Yong-Chan Kim
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Communication

      Volume: 10 Pages: 4439-4459

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Trusting social media as a source of health information: Online surveys comparing the United States, Korea, and Hong Kong2016

    • Author(s)
      Song, Omori, Kim, Tenzek, Hawkins, Lin, Kim, and Jung
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Medical Internet Research

      Volume: 18

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Connectedness to online and offline storytelling networks and socio-psychological disaster recovery in Fukushima, Japan2019

    • Author(s)
      Jung, Joo-Young
    • Organizer
      Digital Asia Preconference, International Communication Association Annual Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The effects of perceived stigma and community storytelling on future outlook: Multi-method research in Fukushima, Japan2019

    • Author(s)
      Jung, Joo-Young & Kwesell, Allison
    • Organizer
      International Communication Association Annual Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Stigma, community storytelling and future outlook: Empirical studies in Fukushima2019

    • Author(s)
      Jung, Joo-Young
    • Organizer
      Fukushima and Its Afterlives Symposium
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Overcoming disaster through the neighborhood storytelling network: An empirical research in Shinchimachi, Fukushima2018

    • Author(s)
      Joo-Young Jung
    • Organizer
      National Communication Association Annual Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A multidimensional analysis of stigma: Fukushima residents’ perceptions of stigma following Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster2017

    • Author(s)
      Allison Kwesell & Joo-Young Jung
    • Organizer
      International Communication Association
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] How do social media blur the boundary between mass and interpersonal communications? A comparative study of newspapers and social media in Japan, Korea, and Finland2016

    • Author(s)
      Joo-Young Jung & Mikko Villi
    • Organizer
      International Communication Association Annual Convention
    • Place of Presentation
      Fukuoka, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-09
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Overcoming silence through the neighborhood storytelling network: Kashiwazaki City in Japan facing controversies over the restart of a nuclear power plant2016

    • Author(s)
      Joo-Young Jung & Risa Maeda
    • Organizer
      International Communication Association Annual Convention
    • Place of Presentation
      Fukuoka, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-09
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Book] The Communication Ecology of 21st Century Urban Communities2018

    • Author(s)
      Yong-Chan Kim, Matthew Matsaganis, Holley Wilkin & Joo-Young Jung
    • Total Pages
      250
    • Publisher
      Peter Lang
    • ISBN
      9781433146602
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Overcoming silence through the neighborhood storytelling network: Facing controversy over the restart of the nuclear power plant in the City of Kashiwazaki, Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      Joo-Young Jung & Risa Maeda
    • Total Pages
      17
    • Publisher
      Peter Lang
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Communication infrastructure theory as an ecological theory: Theoretical roots and key concepts2018

    • Author(s)
      Yong-Chan Kim & Joo-Young Jung
    • Total Pages
      18
    • Publisher
      Peter Lang
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Digital connections: Tracing the evolving role of technology in local storytelling networks2018

    • Author(s)
      Katherine Ognyanova & Joo-Young Jung
    • Total Pages
      18
    • Publisher
      Peter Lang
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Mediated Identities and New Journalism in the Arab World: Mapping the "Arab Spring"2016

    • Author(s)
      Aziz Douai(編), Mohamed Ben Moussa(編), Joo-Young Jung(著), 他
    • Total Pages
      214
    • Publisher
      Palgrave Macmillan
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2023-03-08  

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