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PGL Conference 2010
International Christian University, Tokyo
The Conference
The 3 R’s: Resist Business as Usual, Reclaim Space for Peace,
Revolutionise Public Consciousness
Room Number & General Theme
Media – Room 252
Saturday, December 4, Session 3 (3.15 – 4.45)
Paper Presentation Titles
Folake Abass, Kyoto Sangyo University (30 mins)
Exploring Injustice
Arudou Debito, Hokkaido Information University (60 mins)
Propaganda in Japan’s Media: Manufacturing Consent for National Goals at the Expense of non-Japanese Residents
https://sites.google.com/site/pgl2010/home/schedule
1. Paper title
PROPAGANDA IN JAPAN’S MEDIA
MANUFACTURING CONSENT FOR NATIONAL GOALS AT THE EXPENSE OF NJ RESIDENTS
2. Abstract in English
Japan has one of the most vibrant and pervasive domestic media environments in the world. This media environment can also be significantly manipulated by the Japanese government, mobilizing Japanese public opinion towards national goals even at the expense of domestic minorities — particularly non-citizens. The degree of underrepresentation and disenfranchisement of Non-Japanese residents in Japan is clear when one studies the “foreign crime wave of the 2000s”, promoted by the government in the name of “making Japan the world’s safest country again”, justifying public policy against “foreign terrorism, infectious diseases, and crime”. The domestic media’s complicity in publicizing anti-foreign sentiment without analysis has caused quantifiable social dehumanization; government polls indicate a near-majority of citizens surveyed do not agree that non-citizens should have the same human rights as citizens. This presentation studies how language and media have been used as a means for disseminating propaganda in Japan, fostering social stratification, alienation, and xenophobia.
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