Ofer Feldman
Biographic Data
| ID | 183572 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ofer Feldman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ofer |
| FAMILY NAME | Feldman |
| SIGNATURE | FELDMAN O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Doshisha University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1274-8783 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 43 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 10 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
From Oratory to Colloquialism: Changes in Political Rhetoric Towards the Age of Populism
The Transformation of Political Oratory: Argumentation and Style in the Modern Era
Subtext and semantics: ChatGPT and the study of Japanese political rhetoric
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: Japanese Political Rhetoric Through Four Prime Ministers
Modern Political Oratory: A Conceptual Framework for Content, Argument, and Style in the Public Sphere
Beyond acceptable criticism: Assessing Japanese politicians’ debasing rhetoric
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…
Political Humor Worldwide: The Cultural Context of Political Comedy, Satire, and Parody
Not My Words: How and Why Elected Officials Quote, Requote, and Misquote Others
Quotations as Devices of Political Persuasion and Argumentation: A Conceptual Introduction
Quotation Statements as a Linguistic Strategy in Japanese Parliamentary Questions
Adversarial Political Interviewing: Worldwide Perspectives During Polarized Times
Politische Psychologie: Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium
It is the task of political psychology to examine political behaviour from a psychological or socio-psychological perspective. Its topics include the analysis of political elites, especially their personalities, motives and actions, political leadership, foreign policy decision-making processes, international and ethnic conflicts and their pacification, terrorism, the conditions of collective action, group behaviour, political socialisation and a…
Introduction: Political Interviews—An Analytical Model
Adversarial Political Interviewing: Worldwide Perspectives During Polarized Times
When Politicians Talk: The Cultural Dynamics of Public Speaking
When Politicians Talk: The Cultural Dynamics of Public Speaking
Ignoring Respect: The Effects of Threat to Face on Replies and the Ensuing Questions During Broadcast Political Interviews in Japan
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: Assessing the toughness/equivocation connection in Japanese televised political interviews
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: How and Why Wishy-Washy Politicians Equivocate on Japanese Political Interviews
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…
Televised Political interviews: A Paradigm for Analysis
This paper proposes a paradigm for research on broadcast political interviews. Developed using a series of studies, the paradigm introduces core aspects and questions that should be addressed when examining political interviews in a particular society. This paradigm will enable researchers to collect detailed accounts of the interaction between interviewers and interviewees, the structure and tone of the questions posed to interviewees and the in…
Ducking and Diving: How Political Issues Affect Equivocation in Japanese Political Interviews
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…
Politische Psychologie
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…
Understanding audience affiliation in response to political speeches in Japan
Affiliative response invitations were analysed in 38 speeches delivered during the 2009 Japanese general election by 18 candidates for the House of Representatives (the lower house of the National Diet of Japan). The results clearly replicated those reported by Bull and Feldman (2011) in their analysis of the 2005 Japanese general election. Highly significant correlations were found between the two studies not only for the overall pattern of affi…
Reporting with Wolves: Pack Journalism and the Dissemination of Political Information
One could say that Japanese society is flooded with information. Japan has a literacy rate of 99 percent, one of the world’s highest newspaper consumption rates, and a publishing industry that churns out a large number of weekly and monthly magazines as well as journals and books. According to the World Association of Newspapers, Japanese daily newspapers circulation (67.2 million copies) in 2008 was the second highest in the world, after India (…
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…
Media Use as Predictors of Political Behavior: The Case of Japan
This paper attempts to observe media effects on the political knowledge, behavior, and interest of the Japanese younger generation. Employing a sample collectedfrom more than 1100 students in four universities in Japan, the discussion focuses on measuring exposure, attention to and reliance on newspaper and television separately; this enables analysis of certain associations related to specific media in comparison to others regarding political co…
Ducking and Diving: How Political Issues Affect Equivocation in Japanese Political Interviews
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…
Invitations to Affiliative Audience Responses in Japanese Political Speeches
This article reports the first investigation outside the United Kingdom of rhetorical devices used by political speakers to invite applause. Fourteen techniques for inviting affiliative audience responses were identified from 36 speeches delivered during the 2005 Japanese general election. Notable differences in audience reactions between the two cultures were observed: In response to Japanese speeches, there was an absence of isolated applause a…
Are Nativists a Different Kind of Democrat? Democratic Values and “Outsiders” in Japan
This paper combines three elements: a discussion of democratic values and the status of outsiders in Japanese political culture, the development of new measures to examine sensitive issues of nativism and foreigner perception in Japan, and an empirical exploration of the relationship between democratic values and antipathy toward outsiders. Two forms of democratic orientation were investigated in a sample of about 1,000 university students in Jap…
The Political Personality of Japan: An Inquiry into the Belief Systems of Diet Members
This paper details and analyzes the linkage between personality and politics in Japan. It reports on a study designed to explore a specific dimension of the political personality in Japan, namely dogmatism, and to consider its significance for political behavior. It replicates the research method utilized by DiRenzo (1977)--the Rokeach's Dogmatism Scale-which centered on American and Italian politicians, to examine how open or closed to change th…
Political Psychology in Japan
L'environnement socioeconomique et la culture japonaise sont souvent vus comme etant les principales forces qui affectent et determinent le comportement politique et social de l'individu. Cette etude vise a faire le point sur les aspects culturels qui influencent le comportement des leaders, les processus de prise de decision et les comportements de vote. Elle cherche egalement a apprecier l'influence des changements de la situation economique su…
Failures in Leadership: How and Why Wishy-Washy Politicians Equivocate on Japanese Political Interviews
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…
Televised Political interviews: A Paradigm for Analysis
This paper proposes a paradigm for research on broadcast political interviews. Developed using a series of studies, the paradigm introduces core aspects and questions that should be addressed when examining political interviews in a particular society. This paradigm will enable researchers to collect detailed accounts of the interaction between interviewers and interviewees, the structure and tone of the questions posed to interviewees and the in…
Culture, Society, and the Individual: Cross‐Cultural Political Psychology in Japan
Studies of political behavior and attitudes in Japan have often looked to similarities and differences between the West, most notably the U.S., and Japan. This paper details two approaches concerned with examining Japanese social and political behavior within a cross‐cultural context. The first—nihonjinron—works with cultural nationalism, which argues that Japanese values are unique and thus no social theory developed in the West can be applied t…
Leaders and Leadership in Japanese Politics: Images during a Campaign Period
This article attempts to observe Japanese students' perceptions of political figures during an election time, and to examine the factors that most dominantly contribute to such images. Employing a sample collected from more than 1,100 students at four universities in Japan, the discussion focuses on measuring the extent to which the respondents evaluated each of the political figures who were candidates for the premiership, the way they structure…
Frequency of contact between japanese politicians and the press
This paper attempts to characterize aspects of the relationship between members of parliament (Diet) and reporters in Japan. It focuses on the frequency of meetings between the political elite and the press, based on the results of a questionnaire that was distributed among Diet members. The findings show that there is a correlation between frequency of meetings and the number of times one has been elected to the Diet: frequency increases with pa…
Accessibility to news: Sources of information for Japanese politicians
Frequency of contact between japanese politicians and the press
This paper attempts to characterize aspects of the relationship between members of parliament (Diet) and reporters in Japan. It focuses on the frequency of meetings between the political elite and the press, based on the results of a questionnaire that was distributed among Diet members. The findings show that there is a correlation between frequency of meetings and the number of times one has been elected to the Diet: frequency increases with pa…
Meeting with the mass media: Tendencies of Japanese politicians
This paper attempts to characterize aspects of the relationship between members of the parliament (Diet) and reporters in Japan. It focuses on the question of the degree of contact between the political elite and a particular mass medium, based on the results of a questionnaire that was distributed to Diet members. The findings show that most of the Diet members have a very great degree of contact with representatives of the printed media. Furthe…
Accessibility to news: Sources of information for Japanese politicians
Leaders and Leadership in Japanese Politics: Images during a Campaign Period
This article attempts to observe Japanese students' perceptions of political figures during an election time, and to examine the factors that most dominantly contribute to such images. Employing a sample collected from more than 1,100 students at four universities in Japan, the discussion focuses on measuring the extent to which the respondents evaluated each of the political figures who were candidates for the premiership, the way they structure…
Political Psychology in Japan
L'environnement socioeconomique et la culture japonaise sont souvent vus comme etant les principales forces qui affectent et determinent le comportement politique et social de l'individu. Cette etude vise a faire le point sur les aspects culturels qui influencent le comportement des leaders, les processus de prise de decision et les comportements de vote. Elle cherche egalement a apprecier l'influence des changements de la situation economique su…
Media Use as Predictors of Political Behavior: The Case of Japan
This paper attempts to observe media effects on the political knowledge, behavior, and interest of the Japanese younger generation. Employing a sample collectedfrom more than 1100 students in four universities in Japan, the discussion focuses on measuring exposure, attention to and reliance on newspaper and television separately; this enables analysis of certain associations related to specific media in comparison to others regarding political co…
Politics and the News Media in Japan
The Political Personality of Japan: An Inquiry into the Belief Systems of Diet Members
This paper details and analyzes the linkage between personality and politics in Japan. It reports on a study designed to explore a specific dimension of the political personality in Japan, namely dogmatism, and to consider its significance for political behavior. It replicates the research method utilized by DiRenzo (1977)--the Rokeach's Dogmatism Scale-which centered on American and Italian politicians, to examine how open or closed to change th…
Politics and the News Media in Japan
Unmasking Japan Today: The Impact of Traditional Values on Modern Japanese Society
Japan Under Construction: Corruption, Politics, and Public Works
Culture, Society, and the Individual: Cross‐Cultural Political Psychology in Japan
Studies of political behavior and attitudes in Japan have often looked to similarities and differences between the West, most notably the U.S., and Japan. This paper details two approaches concerned with examining Japanese social and political behavior within a cross‐cultural context. The first—nihonjinron—works with cultural nationalism, which argues that Japanese values are unique and thus no social theory developed in the West can be applied t…
Media and Politics in Japan
A collection of essays which examine the influence of media in Japan. These essays discuss the media's influence in politics and public opinion, to name a few
Politically speaking: A worldwide examination of language used in the public sphere
Tables Preface Introduction to the Study of Political Discourse by Christ'l De Landtsheer The Nature and Scope of Political Discourse The Pervasiveness of Islam in Contemporary Arab Political Discourse: The Case of Sadat and Arafat by Raphael Israeli The Changing Political Language of Germany by Christa Lang-Pfaff The Political Language of Japan: Decoding What Politicians Mean from What They Say by Ofer Feldman The Rhetoric of Jewish Cohesion and…
Are Nativists a Different Kind of Democrat? Democratic Values and “Outsiders” in Japan
This paper combines three elements: a discussion of democratic values and the status of outsiders in Japanese political culture, the development of new measures to examine sensitive issues of nativism and foreigner perception in Japan, and an empirical exploration of the relationship between democratic values and antipathy toward outsiders. Two forms of democratic orientation were investigated in a sample of about 1,000 university students in Jap…
Closing the Shop: Information Cartels and Japan's Mass Media
Political Leadership for the New Century: Personality and Behavior Among American Leaders
Valenty, Feldman, and their contributors challenge the current state of political leadership studies by offering a variety of analytical methods from scholars around the world. While focused on American political leadership, the different approaches and vantage points offer fresh insights of the roles of cultural and political context, including the historical circumstance, environmental factors, and socialization agents that affect and shape Ame…
Reporting with Wolves: Pack Journalism and the Dissemination of Political Information
One could say that Japanese society is flooded with information. Japan has a literacy rate of 99 percent, one of the world’s highest newspaper consumption rates, and a publishing industry that churns out a large number of weekly and monthly magazines as well as journals and books. According to the World Association of Newspapers, Japanese daily newspapers circulation (67.2 million copies) in 2008 was the second highest in the world, after India (…
Invitations to Affiliative Audience Responses in Japanese Political Speeches
This article reports the first investigation outside the United Kingdom of rhetorical devices used by political speakers to invite applause. Fourteen techniques for inviting affiliative audience responses were identified from 36 speeches delivered during the 2005 Japanese general election. Notable differences in audience reactions between the two cultures were observed: In response to Japanese speeches, there was an absence of isolated applause a…
Understanding audience affiliation in response to political speeches in Japan
Affiliative response invitations were analysed in 38 speeches delivered during the 2009 Japanese general election by 18 candidates for the House of Representatives (the lower house of the National Diet of Japan). The results clearly replicated those reported by Bull and Feldman (2011) in their analysis of the 2005 Japanese general election. Highly significant correlations were found between the two studies not only for the overall pattern of affi…
Politische Psychologie
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…
Televised Political interviews: A Paradigm for Analysis
This paper proposes a paradigm for research on broadcast political interviews. Developed using a series of studies, the paradigm introduces core aspects and questions that should be addressed when examining political interviews in a particular society. This paradigm will enable researchers to collect detailed accounts of the interaction between interviewers and interviewees, the structure and tone of the questions posed to interviewees and the in…
Ducking and Diving: How Political Issues Affect Equivocation in Japanese Political Interviews
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: Assessing the toughness/equivocation connection in Japanese televised political interviews
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…
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