Ken Kinoshita
Biographic Data
| ID | 194046 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ken Kinoshita |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ken |
| FAMILY NAME | Kinoshita |
| SIGNATURE | KINOSHITA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fukuoka Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1010-0550 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Subtext and semantics
This paper seeks to evaluate the potential of large language models (LLMs) such as GPT in accurately identifying verbal emotional cues and conducting coding, with specific emphasis on political communication and discourse in Japan. It aims to assess ChatGPT’s capability to distinguish messages containing derogatory expressions during deliberations in the Japanese Parliament and to classify the targets of these expressions. Furthermore, this study…
From Occupation to Global Stage
Beyond acceptable criticism
This paper utilizes the concept of debasement to examine politicians’ rhetoric in Japan. It focuses on 3,233 questions posed by opposition party members to Cabinet ministers during the 2023 meetings of the Budget Committee in both houses of the National Diet. The analysis identifies debasement comments, examining the linkage between the use of such language and a list of socio-political variables, including ideological orientation, differences in…
Quotation Statements as a Linguistic Strategy in Japanese Parliamentary Questions
Ignoring Respect
This article examines the effect of threat to face to both interviewers and interviewees during live televised interview programs in Japan, where the concept of “face” is of extreme importance in maintaining interpersonal relationships. Based on 2,422 questions identified during 120 interviews broadcast over a period of 12 months on four television programs, the goal is twofold: First, to assess the extent to which questions that contain a certai…
Expanding factors in threat to face
This paper details aspects related to the “face” – one’s social standing, reputation, and dignity – during interactions between interviewers and interviewees (both politicians and nonpoliticians) in more than 5,000 questions posed during three different broadcast interview programs aired throughout 2012–2013 in Japan. The interactions between interviewers and interviewees are also considered as a dialogic phenomenon in which interlocutors are act…
Failures in Leadership
This paper examines how Japanese leading politicians deal with the communicative problems posed to them during broadcast political interviews. Based on data gathered during 14-month period in 2012–2013, the paper replicates and modifies the “Theory of Equivocation” to explore the extent to which national and local level politicians endeavor to affect the content of information distributed to the public and to influence the way people perceive eve…
Ducking and Diving
This paper examines how Japanese leading politicians cope with the communication problems posed during televised political interviews. Based on data gathered during the year 2012–13, the paper replicates and modifies the Theory of Equivocation to detail the responsiveness of national and local level politicians (and for comparison also of non-politicians) to interview questions. Its main focus is on the extent to which Japanese politicians equivo…
Culture or Communicative Conflict? The Analysis of Equivocation in Broadcast Japanese Political Interviews
The focus of this article is on equivocation in Japanese televised interviews, broadcast over a 14-month period in 2012-2013 (before and after the general election of December 16, 2012). An analysis was conducted of responses to questions by three different groups (national politicians, local politicians, and nonpoliticians). Results showed a striking level of equivocation by both national and local politicians, who together equivocated significa…
Culture or Communicative Conflict? The Analysis of Equivocation in Broadcast Japanese Political Interviews
The focus of this article is on equivocation in Japanese televised interviews, broadcast over a 14-month period in 2012-2013 (before and after the general election of December 16, 2012). An analysis was conducted of responses to questions by three different groups (national politicians, local politicians, and nonpoliticians). Results showed a striking level of equivocation by both national and local politicians, who together equivocated significa…
Ducking and Diving
This paper examines how Japanese leading politicians cope with the communication problems posed during televised political interviews. Based on data gathered during the year 2012–13, the paper replicates and modifies the Theory of Equivocation to detail the responsiveness of national and local level politicians (and for comparison also of non-politicians) to interview questions. Its main focus is on the extent to which Japanese politicians equivo…
Failures in Leadership
This paper examines how Japanese leading politicians deal with the communicative problems posed to them during broadcast political interviews. Based on data gathered during 14-month period in 2012–2013, the paper replicates and modifies the “Theory of Equivocation” to explore the extent to which national and local level politicians endeavor to affect the content of information distributed to the public and to influence the way people perceive eve…
Culture or Communicative Conflict? The Analysis of Equivocation in Broadcast Japanese Political Interviews
The focus of this article is on equivocation in Japanese televised interviews, broadcast over a 14-month period in 2012-2013 (before and after the general election of December 16, 2012). An analysis was conducted of responses to questions by three different groups (national politicians, local politicians, and nonpoliticians). Results showed a striking level of equivocation by both national and local politicians, who together equivocated significa…
Ducking and Diving
This paper examines how Japanese leading politicians cope with the communication problems posed during televised political interviews. Based on data gathered during the year 2012–13, the paper replicates and modifies the Theory of Equivocation to detail the responsiveness of national and local level politicians (and for comparison also of non-politicians) to interview questions. Its main focus is on the extent to which Japanese politicians equivo…
Expanding factors in threat to face
This paper details aspects related to the “face” – one’s social standing, reputation, and dignity – during interactions between interviewers and interviewees (both politicians and nonpoliticians) in more than 5,000 questions posed during three different broadcast interview programs aired throughout 2012–2013 in Japan. The interactions between interviewers and interviewees are also considered as a dialogic phenomenon in which interlocutors are act…
Failures in Leadership
This paper examines how Japanese leading politicians deal with the communicative problems posed to them during broadcast political interviews. Based on data gathered during 14-month period in 2012–2013, the paper replicates and modifies the “Theory of Equivocation” to explore the extent to which national and local level politicians endeavor to affect the content of information distributed to the public and to influence the way people perceive eve…
Ignoring Respect
This article examines the effect of threat to face to both interviewers and interviewees during live televised interview programs in Japan, where the concept of “face” is of extreme importance in maintaining interpersonal relationships. Based on 2,422 questions identified during 120 interviews broadcast over a period of 12 months on four television programs, the goal is twofold: First, to assess the extent to which questions that contain a certai…
Quotation Statements as a Linguistic Strategy in Japanese Parliamentary Questions
Beyond acceptable criticism
This paper utilizes the concept of debasement to examine politicians’ rhetoric in Japan. It focuses on 3,233 questions posed by opposition party members to Cabinet ministers during the 2023 meetings of the Budget Committee in both houses of the National Diet. The analysis identifies debasement comments, examining the linkage between the use of such language and a list of socio-political variables, including ideological orientation, differences in…
Subtext and semantics
This paper seeks to evaluate the potential of large language models (LLMs) such as GPT in accurately identifying verbal emotional cues and conducting coding, with specific emphasis on political communication and discourse in Japan. It aims to assess ChatGPT’s capability to distinguish messages containing derogatory expressions during deliberations in the Japanese Parliament and to classify the targets of these expressions. Furthermore, this study…
From Occupation to Global Stage
Political science (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Social Media and Politics (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)