The effects of diversifying media environment on international relations: Revisiting "Audience Cost theory" and "Diversionary Theory" from the view points of Social psychology

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17H02628
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: INAMASU Kazunori 関西学院大学, 社会学部, 教授 (10582041)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 三浦 麻子 大阪大学, 人間科学研究科, 教授 (30273569) ; 多湖 淳 早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 教授 (80457035)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: メディア / 国際関係 / 政治

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of people's media exposure on their attitudes about international relations. The measurement of media exposure varied from survey to survey, and the validity of the measures had not been verified. Therefore, we first examined the effects of different measurement methods on people's relationship with the media, and then developed a method to correct for the bias caused by these differences after the fact. Based on the above research, we also examined the relationship between media contact and people's opinions on international relations, dealing with cases such as the Japan-South Korea radar lock-on dispute and the visits to Yasukuni Shrine by Diet members.

Free Research Field

社会心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

人々が自身の生活の中で外交や安全保障についての情報を得ることはまれであり、国際関係に関わる情報入手においては、人々はメディアに強く依存している。したがって、メディアによって伝えられる情報が人々の態度や行動に対して大きな影響を及ぼす余地がある。