Igor Prusa
Biographic Data
| ID | 321376 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Igor Prusa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Igor |
| FAMILY NAME | Prusa |
| SIGNATURE | PRUSA I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ambis University Prague |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7827-5029 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Fuji TV scandal: From sexual assault to corporate disaster
This article examines the 2024–2025 scandal at Japan’s Fuji Television, in which a sexual assault allegation against celebrity host Nakai Masahiro exposed deep dysfunction in the broadcaster’s corporate culture and governance. It analyzes how the story – initially ignored by mainstream media – was broken by tabloid magazines and amplified by foreign press and social media, bypassing the gatekeeping mechanisms that normally protect powerful instit…
The New Real: Media and Mimesis in Japan from Stereographs to Emoji
Political Scandal in Japan and the LDP Slush Fund Controversy
This paper offers an in-depth analysis of the massive political scandal of 2023-2024, in which dozens of lawmakers from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) received undeclared funds from their factions. First, it provides a detailed timeline of the scandal and places it within the broader historical context of political scandals in Japan. Next, it examines the roles and actions of key participants, including power actors (politicians, s…
Scandal in Japan: Transgression, Performance and Ritual
This book is an exploration of media scandals in contemporary Japanese society. In shedding new light on the study of scandal in Japan, the book offers a novel view of scandal as a specific mediatized ritual which follows moral disturbances throughout Japanese history. Media and society are analyzed largely in terms of social performances, while the focus is on how Japanese transgressors talk and act when explaining their scandals to the public. …
The Johnny’s sex abuse scandal and the role of media in Japan
The aim of this commentary is to shed some light on the sex abuse scandal of Johnny Kitagawa and his talent agency Johnny & Associates (hereafter “Johnny’s”). First, it looks at the role of the Japanese media during the scandal development. Here, the difference will be made between the “outside-media” (weeklies, foreign press) that were the first to expose the Johnny’s scandal, and the “inside-media” (dailies, TV broadcast) that were persistently…
Japanese scandals and their production
This treatise conflates cultural sociology, media theory, and Japanese philology in order to better understand the way media scandals are produced in contemporary Japan. In cultural sociology, scandal is understood as a social performance between ritual and strategy. In my previous research I focused on the ritual aspect, analyzing Japanese scandals as dramatic public performances of confession, exclusion, and reintegration. In this treatise, I f…
Japanese scandals and their ritualization
On the theoretical level, this article aims to connect the theory of ritual and performance to the social phenomenon of media scandal. While focusing on the Japanese mediascape, this article aims to illuminate the ritualized means of scandal resolution, and the cultural realities of public shaming. This is important because most scandal denouements in Japan do not get by without a secular ritual of emotional confession, temporary exclusion, and e…
Megaspectacle and Celebrity Transgression in Japan: The Sakai Noriko Media Scandal
Immediately after Takas ̄o Yūuichi was arrested in central Tokyo in August 2009 for possession of illegal stimulants, his wife, the popular Japanese actress and former idol Sakai Noriko, suddenly disappeared from the city.1 Media speculation ran rampant. An arrest warrant was issued for Sakai, based on a minute quantity of drugs found in her apartment. Six days after her disappearance, in the middle of unprecedented media frenzy, Sakai returned t…
The Johnny’s sex abuse scandal and the role of media in Japan
The aim of this commentary is to shed some light on the sex abuse scandal of Johnny Kitagawa and his talent agency Johnny & Associates (hereafter “Johnny’s”). First, it looks at the role of the Japanese media during the scandal development. Here, the difference will be made between the “outside-media” (weeklies, foreign press) that were the first to expose the Johnny’s scandal, and the “inside-media” (dailies, TV broadcast) that were persistently…
Japanese scandals and their production
This treatise conflates cultural sociology, media theory, and Japanese philology in order to better understand the way media scandals are produced in contemporary Japan. In cultural sociology, scandal is understood as a social performance between ritual and strategy. In my previous research I focused on the ritual aspect, analyzing Japanese scandals as dramatic public performances of confession, exclusion, and reintegration. In this treatise, I f…
Political Scandal in Japan and the LDP Slush Fund Controversy
This paper offers an in-depth analysis of the massive political scandal of 2023-2024, in which dozens of lawmakers from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) received undeclared funds from their factions. First, it provides a detailed timeline of the scandal and places it within the broader historical context of political scandals in Japan. Next, it examines the roles and actions of key participants, including power actors (politicians, s…
Japanese scandals and their ritualization
On the theoretical level, this article aims to connect the theory of ritual and performance to the social phenomenon of media scandal. While focusing on the Japanese mediascape, this article aims to illuminate the ritualized means of scandal resolution, and the cultural realities of public shaming. This is important because most scandal denouements in Japan do not get by without a secular ritual of emotional confession, temporary exclusion, and e…
Megaspectacle and Celebrity Transgression in Japan: The Sakai Noriko Media Scandal
Immediately after Takas ̄o Yūuichi was arrested in central Tokyo in August 2009 for possession of illegal stimulants, his wife, the popular Japanese actress and former idol Sakai Noriko, suddenly disappeared from the city.1 Media speculation ran rampant. An arrest warrant was issued for Sakai, based on a minute quantity of drugs found in her apartment. Six days after her disappearance, in the middle of unprecedented media frenzy, Sakai returned t…
Japanese scandals and their production
This treatise conflates cultural sociology, media theory, and Japanese philology in order to better understand the way media scandals are produced in contemporary Japan. In cultural sociology, scandal is understood as a social performance between ritual and strategy. In my previous research I focused on the ritual aspect, analyzing Japanese scandals as dramatic public performances of confession, exclusion, and reintegration. In this treatise, I f…
Japanese scandals and their ritualization
On the theoretical level, this article aims to connect the theory of ritual and performance to the social phenomenon of media scandal. While focusing on the Japanese mediascape, this article aims to illuminate the ritualized means of scandal resolution, and the cultural realities of public shaming. This is important because most scandal denouements in Japan do not get by without a secular ritual of emotional confession, temporary exclusion, and e…
Scandal in Japan: Transgression, Performance and Ritual
This book is an exploration of media scandals in contemporary Japanese society. In shedding new light on the study of scandal in Japan, the book offers a novel view of scandal as a specific mediatized ritual which follows moral disturbances throughout Japanese history. Media and society are analyzed largely in terms of social performances, while the focus is on how Japanese transgressors talk and act when explaining their scandals to the public. …
The Johnny’s sex abuse scandal and the role of media in Japan
The aim of this commentary is to shed some light on the sex abuse scandal of Johnny Kitagawa and his talent agency Johnny & Associates (hereafter “Johnny’s”). First, it looks at the role of the Japanese media during the scandal development. Here, the difference will be made between the “outside-media” (weeklies, foreign press) that were the first to expose the Johnny’s scandal, and the “inside-media” (dailies, TV broadcast) that were persistently…
The New Real: Media and Mimesis in Japan from Stereographs to Emoji
Political Scandal in Japan and the LDP Slush Fund Controversy
This paper offers an in-depth analysis of the massive political scandal of 2023-2024, in which dozens of lawmakers from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) received undeclared funds from their factions. First, it provides a detailed timeline of the scandal and places it within the broader historical context of political scandals in Japan. Next, it examines the roles and actions of key participants, including power actors (politicians, s…
The Fuji TV scandal: From sexual assault to corporate disaster
This article examines the 2024–2025 scandal at Japan’s Fuji Television, in which a sexual assault allegation against celebrity host Nakai Masahiro exposed deep dysfunction in the broadcaster’s corporate culture and governance. It analyzes how the story – initially ignored by mainstream media – was broken by tabloid magazines and amplified by foreign press and social media, bypassing the gatekeeping mechanisms that normally protect powerful instit…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Media studies (5 works) · History (4 works) · Media Studies and Communication (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Japanese History and Culture (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Law (2 works)