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紀要論文

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国際公共政策研究. 2018, 22(2), p. 1-19

大阪大学国際公共政策学会

日本語

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2018-03

With the development of information technology, citizens are able to access more information about the world and can now play a more significant role within it, including issues such as African poverty. If the amount of information is critical to determine the citizen’s involvement in international issues, the quality of the information, such as how the issue is transmitted and depicted, can also influence the capacity and independence of the involvement. This paper examines the depiction of African poverty in three national Japanese newspapers (Asahi Shinbun, Yomiuri Shinbun and Mainichi Shinbun) to understand what kind of information Japanese citizens can get about African poverty through newspapers. Although previous works showed a general or conflict-focused description of Africa in Japanese newspapers, none have focused on the depiction of African poverty in Japanese newspapers. This paper uses content analysis to measure newspaper coverage and compare it with recent studies about African poverty. This paper concludes that African poverty is represented with an emphasis on internal causes of poverty, while the external factors of poverty are neglected. This unbalanced information transmitted by the newspapers could affect Japanese citizens’ opinions, actions and discussion regarding African poverty.

10.18910/68034

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大阪大学国際公共政策学会

日本語

2018-03

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https://hdl.handle.net/11094/68034

10.18910/68034

https://doi.org/10.18910/68034