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Current state and issues surrounding local governmental public information bulletins in the post-disaster period: transmitting information and listening to the public

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370517
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionRitsumeikan University

Principal Investigator

AZUMA Shoji  立命館大学, 衣笠総合研究機構, プロジェクト研究員 (50368023)

Research Collaborator NOJIMA Akiko  立命館大学, 先端総合研究科, 院生
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords広報 / 共感 / 地方新聞 / 東北大震災 / 共同産出 / 地域マスコミ / 感情移入 / 新聞 / 読者 / 制作者 / 言語学 / 社会言語学 / 震災 / 持続可能社会
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated how local governments communicated with their people via public information bulletins during the post disaster period in Tohoku district. The bulletins studied are Koohoo Oofunato, Shihoo Ishinomaki, Namie, Shihoo Higashimatsushima, and Shisei SendaiDayori. One of the findings is that the function of the bulletins is largely limited to a unidirectional transmission of information from the government to the public. In other words, the public participation in the bulletins is not encouraged except for a few isolated cases, and the public seems to accept this passive role. By contrast, local newspapers tend to encourage bidirectional transmission of information in the post-disaster period. They assume the role of stimulating public engagement, including through the expression of empathy and by community empowerment.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report

Research Products

(4 results)

All 2018 2016 2014

All Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Presentation] Civic participation and linguistic strategies of involvement in Japanese political speeches2016

    • Author(s)
      Shoji Azuma, Akiko Nojima
    • Organizer
      National Communication Association
    • Place of Presentation
      Philadelphia, U.S.A.
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The unique handwritten "newspaper"2016

    • Author(s)
      shoji azuma
    • Organizer
      Association of Asian Studies conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Seattle, USA
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-30
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Collectivism on Japanese earthquake t-shirts2014

    • Author(s)
      Shoji Azuma
    • Organizer
      The 2nd International Conference of Semiosis Research Center: narrative and multi modality
    • Place of Presentation
      Hankoku University of Foreign Languages, Seoul, Korea
    • Year and Date
      2014-05-23 – 2014-05-24
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Socio-pragmatics of political discourse2018

    • Author(s)
      Shoji Azuma
    • Publisher
      Mouton de Gruyter
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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