National Election and Overseas Japanese : A study on their political participation and information acquisition
| Project/Area Number |
20830014
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Saitama University |
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Principal Investigator |
SHIBUYA Momoyo Saitama University, 経済学部, 講師 (20451734)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,782,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,140,000、Indirect Cost: ¥642,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,547,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,190,000、Indirect Cost: ¥357,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,235,000 (Direct Cost: ¥950,000、Indirect Cost: ¥285,000)
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| Keywords | 在外日本人コミュニティ / 在外選挙 / メディア / オーストラリア / シンガポール / イギリス / ネットワーク / 日本人ディアスポラ / オーストラリア:イギリス:シンガポール / 社会ネットワーク / 民族・国民性 / 日本人 / ディアスポラ / ホーストラリア |
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| Research Abstract |
This study compares Overseas Japanese communities in Australia, the UK and Singapore to identify their characteristics in relation to ethnic/national identity appeared in political participation and information acquisition patterns. The result confirms that although there are varying expressive identity as members of the Japanese homeland society, the communities maintains to consume information provided by Japanese mass media to shape their way of understanding of the world, no matter how they have lost their emotional attachment to the homeland.
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