2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
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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| 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 |
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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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