| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This comparative study examined the democratization and popularization of print and reading culture in interwar Japan in conjunction with its UK and US counterparts in the early 20th century. Investigations and analysis revealed that similar changes in editing and marketing styles as well as in reading norms could be observed in these three countries, which suggests such democratic shifts in print and reading culture can be said to have been a world-wide phenomenon in the early 20th century. At the same time, significant differences are evident in the periodicals published in the three countries during that time in terms of their use of visuals, layout, actual reading habits, and their intersections with gender, from which one can infer historical continuity in such practices from the previous century in each area. The findings of this study have already been published as chapters of books in English and will also be included as part of a forthcoming book in Japanese.
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