An analysis of "Media bias" : From sociological perspective and ethical perspective

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12812
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Fukuyama Heisei University
• Principal Investigator: Uemura Takashi 福山平成大学, 福祉健康学部, 教授 (50712361)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 茨木 正治 東京情報大学, 総合情報学部, 教授 (10247463) ; 眞嶋 俊造 広島大学, 総合科学研究科, 准教授 (50447059) ; 塚本 晴二朗 日本大学, 法学部, 教授 (90217282)
• Research Collaborator: SASADA YOSHIHIRO 日本大学, 法学部, 准教授 (00804361) ; KURIYAMA MASATOSHI 総合政策研究所, 研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 報道倫理 / ジャーナリズム倫理 / 偏向報道 / 極化問題 / 嫌韓問題 / 竹島問題

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigate the hostile Media Phenomenon. We focus on Japan-South Korea Relations. According to our sociological research, Japanese sentiment toward America, China, Russia is stable. But Japanese sentiment toward Korea depends on political or cultural issues between Japan and Korea. We analyzed articles about Korea in Japanese news papers and weekly magazines about two month（At that time, South Korea's Lee Myung-bak visited disputed islands(Takeshima）). We find out some aggressive articles in particular weekly magazines.
In journalistic professionalism, Journalistic objectivity is very important part. People often say " This article is not objective", But None can escape from prejudge. Actually, Journalist should have his/her own belief and his/her own philosophy. Journalism ethics needs virtue ethics.

Free Research Field

倫理学