Yosuke Buchmeier
Biographic Data
| ID | 1246117 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yosuke Buchmeier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yosuke |
| FAMILY NAME | Buchmeier |
| SIGNATURE | BUCHMEIER Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1601-7398 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Scandal in Japan
Media politics in Japan
Although Japan is generally considered a liberal democracy with a free press, concerns about media independence have repeatedly been raised. The World Press Freedom Index ranks Japan last among G7 nations. One of the major reasons for its performance lies in a deep-rooted entanglement of the mainstream media with the political establishment, which is said to promote a climate of self-censorship and impede courageous, critical journalism. While th…
The Aging Democracy
The political implications of population aging for democratic systems are fundamental. Questions of democratic legitimacy are raised as the political equilibrium between the generations is upended. Drawing on evidence from liberal democracies with a focus on Japan, the democracy with the oldest electorate, we identify and analyze three demographic effects on the political system: participation effects deriving from younger voters’ marginalization…
Protecting the people, or the Olympics? Agenda-cutting of the Covid-19 risk in the news coverage of Japan’s public broadcaster
This study explores a case of public service media finding itself in a predicament between adhering to its civic mission to serve the public interest, and prioritizing its self-preservation by bowing to political power. Contrasting the media coverage with epidemiological data, the study suggests that the COVID-19 risk in Tokyo was cut from the news agenda by Japan’s public broadcaster NHK ahead of the official postponement of the Olympic Games in…
Towards a Conceptualization and Operationalization of Agenda-Cutting
While agenda-setting has developed into one of the leading concepts in communication studies, “agenda-cutting” has so far remained a theoretical blind spot. This paper argues that the non-reflected, tacit assumption of agenda-cutting as a by-concept to agenda-setting represents one cause for this theoretical neglect. Thereby, the agenda-cutting concept finds itself in an epistemic dilemma: Since empirical evidence has been scarce so far, theoreti…
The Aging Democracy
The political implications of population aging for democratic systems are fundamental. Questions of democratic legitimacy are raised as the political equilibrium between the generations is upended. Drawing on evidence from liberal democracies with a focus on Japan, the democracy with the oldest electorate, we identify and analyze three demographic effects on the political system: participation effects deriving from younger voters’ marginalization…
Towards a Conceptualization and Operationalization of Agenda-Cutting
While agenda-setting has developed into one of the leading concepts in communication studies, “agenda-cutting” has so far remained a theoretical blind spot. This paper argues that the non-reflected, tacit assumption of agenda-cutting as a by-concept to agenda-setting represents one cause for this theoretical neglect. Thereby, the agenda-cutting concept finds itself in an epistemic dilemma: Since empirical evidence has been scarce so far, theoreti…
Media politics in Japan
Although Japan is generally considered a liberal democracy with a free press, concerns about media independence have repeatedly been raised. The World Press Freedom Index ranks Japan last among G7 nations. One of the major reasons for its performance lies in a deep-rooted entanglement of the mainstream media with the political establishment, which is said to promote a climate of self-censorship and impede courageous, critical journalism. While th…
Protecting the people, or the Olympics? Agenda-cutting of the Covid-19 risk in the news coverage of Japan’s public broadcaster
This study explores a case of public service media finding itself in a predicament between adhering to its civic mission to serve the public interest, and prioritizing its self-preservation by bowing to political power. Contrasting the media coverage with epidemiological data, the study suggests that the COVID-19 risk in Tokyo was cut from the news agenda by Japan’s public broadcaster NHK ahead of the official postponement of the Olympic Games in…
Towards a Conceptualization and Operationalization of Agenda-Cutting
While agenda-setting has developed into one of the leading concepts in communication studies, “agenda-cutting” has so far remained a theoretical blind spot. This paper argues that the non-reflected, tacit assumption of agenda-cutting as a by-concept to agenda-setting represents one cause for this theoretical neglect. Thereby, the agenda-cutting concept finds itself in an epistemic dilemma: Since empirical evidence has been scarce so far, theoreti…
Protecting the people, or the Olympics? Agenda-cutting of the Covid-19 risk in the news coverage of Japan’s public broadcaster
This study explores a case of public service media finding itself in a predicament between adhering to its civic mission to serve the public interest, and prioritizing its self-preservation by bowing to political power. Contrasting the media coverage with epidemiological data, the study suggests that the COVID-19 risk in Tokyo was cut from the news agenda by Japan’s public broadcaster NHK ahead of the official postponement of the Olympic Games in…
Media politics in Japan
Although Japan is generally considered a liberal democracy with a free press, concerns about media independence have repeatedly been raised. The World Press Freedom Index ranks Japan last among G7 nations. One of the major reasons for its performance lies in a deep-rooted entanglement of the mainstream media with the political establishment, which is said to promote a climate of self-censorship and impede courageous, critical journalism. While th…
The Aging Democracy
The political implications of population aging for democratic systems are fundamental. Questions of democratic legitimacy are raised as the political equilibrium between the generations is upended. Drawing on evidence from liberal democracies with a focus on Japan, the democracy with the oldest electorate, we identify and analyze three demographic effects on the political system: participation effects deriving from younger voters’ marginalization…
Scandal in Japan
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Media Studies and Communication (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social Media and Politics (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · News media (2 works)