Masaki Taniguchi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3717592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Masaki Taniguchi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Masaki |
| FAMILY NAME | Taniguchi |
| SIGNATURE | TANIGUCHI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Tokyo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4556-5692 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Regional patterns in citizens’ reactions to a political assassination
How do citizens respond to political violence during election campaigns? Previous research suggests such events can increase support for the victim's party through a “rally ‘round the flag” effect, where the public unites against perceived threats, or an “empathy effect,” where individuals sympathize with the victim. Yet it remains unclear whether these effects vary across contexts. This study examines regional variation in public opinion followi…
Detecting Voter Understanding of Ideological Labels Using a Conjoint Experiment
Changing political communication in Japan
Japanese newspapers and television have unique characteristics, even from a global perspective. This chapter explores the structure of the market for newspapers and television – which are at the backbone of mass communication in Japan – and outlines the unique features of Japanese political broadcasting. It then shifts its focus to Japanese politicians themselves and considers their media strategies. Finally, it considers the evolving nature of p…
Heterogeneity in voter perceptions of party competition in multidimensional space
On the question of how voters perceive party positions, much of the existing literature has not adequately considered the case of a multidimensional policy space. Since the ideological cues related to each issue differ in a policy space of multiple dimensions, it is possible that each individual favors different dimensional cues. To test this hypothesis, this paper focuses on Japan’s 2012 Lower House election, which took place in a two-dimensiona…
The multi-store model for economic voting
The Electoral Consequences of Candidate Appearances on Soft News Programs
The shift in political communication toward soft news has been accelerated by politicians who appear on "soft news" shows, but the literature on the electoral effects of such soft news appearances is limited, especially outside the United State. This article will demonstrate, using a national survey of voters, a survey of politicians, and an Internet-based experiment on Japan's 2007 House of Councillors election campaign, that candidates' appeara…
Changing Media, Changing Politics in Japan
This paper demonstrates that recent changes in the mass media, especially TV programs, change democratic practice. I argue that this theory is applicable not only to the US, but also to Japan after the 1990s. This paper is organized as follows: the first section confirms that the increase in TV news after the 1980s is driven by an increase in ‘soft’ or ‘infotaining’ political news. The second section describes the changes in political practice – …
A Time Machine
The voluminous literature generated by Ronald Inglehart’s thesis that a shift in values from materialist to post-materialist occurs among citizens as societies modernize indicates the seminal nature of the theory. The predictive power of the theory has become more reliable with the continuation of surveys over the decades since the theory’s inception. Nevertheless, one problem remains unsolved using conventional methodology: how to determine the …
Changing Media, Changing Politics in Japan
This paper demonstrates that recent changes in the mass media, especially TV programs, change democratic practice. I argue that this theory is applicable not only to the US, but also to Japan after the 1990s. This paper is organized as follows: the first section confirms that the increase in TV news after the 1980s is driven by an increase in ‘soft’ or ‘infotaining’ political news. The second section describes the changes in political practice – …
The Electoral Consequences of Candidate Appearances on Soft News Programs
The shift in political communication toward soft news has been accelerated by politicians who appear on "soft news" shows, but the literature on the electoral effects of such soft news appearances is limited, especially outside the United State. This article will demonstrate, using a national survey of voters, a survey of politicians, and an Internet-based experiment on Japan's 2007 House of Councillors election campaign, that candidates' appeara…
A Time Machine
The voluminous literature generated by Ronald Inglehart’s thesis that a shift in values from materialist to post-materialist occurs among citizens as societies modernize indicates the seminal nature of the theory. The predictive power of the theory has become more reliable with the continuation of surveys over the decades since the theory’s inception. Nevertheless, one problem remains unsolved using conventional methodology: how to determine the …
Heterogeneity in voter perceptions of party competition in multidimensional space
On the question of how voters perceive party positions, much of the existing literature has not adequately considered the case of a multidimensional policy space. Since the ideological cues related to each issue differ in a policy space of multiple dimensions, it is possible that each individual favors different dimensional cues. To test this hypothesis, this paper focuses on Japan’s 2012 Lower House election, which took place in a two-dimensiona…
Detecting Voter Understanding of Ideological Labels Using a Conjoint Experiment
The multi-store model for economic voting
A Time Machine
The voluminous literature generated by Ronald Inglehart’s thesis that a shift in values from materialist to post-materialist occurs among citizens as societies modernize indicates the seminal nature of the theory. The predictive power of the theory has become more reliable with the continuation of surveys over the decades since the theory’s inception. Nevertheless, one problem remains unsolved using conventional methodology: how to determine the …
Changing Media, Changing Politics in Japan
This paper demonstrates that recent changes in the mass media, especially TV programs, change democratic practice. I argue that this theory is applicable not only to the US, but also to Japan after the 1990s. This paper is organized as follows: the first section confirms that the increase in TV news after the 1980s is driven by an increase in ‘soft’ or ‘infotaining’ political news. The second section describes the changes in political practice – …
The Electoral Consequences of Candidate Appearances on Soft News Programs
The shift in political communication toward soft news has been accelerated by politicians who appear on "soft news" shows, but the literature on the electoral effects of such soft news appearances is limited, especially outside the United State. This article will demonstrate, using a national survey of voters, a survey of politicians, and an Internet-based experiment on Japan's 2007 House of Councillors election campaign, that candidates' appeara…
The multi-store model for economic voting
Heterogeneity in voter perceptions of party competition in multidimensional space
On the question of how voters perceive party positions, much of the existing literature has not adequately considered the case of a multidimensional policy space. Since the ideological cues related to each issue differ in a policy space of multiple dimensions, it is possible that each individual favors different dimensional cues. To test this hypothesis, this paper focuses on Japan’s 2012 Lower House election, which took place in a two-dimensiona…
Changing political communication in Japan
Japanese newspapers and television have unique characteristics, even from a global perspective. This chapter explores the structure of the market for newspapers and television – which are at the backbone of mass communication in Japan – and outlines the unique features of Japanese political broadcasting. It then shifts its focus to Japanese politicians themselves and considers their media strategies. Finally, it considers the evolving nature of p…
Detecting Voter Understanding of Ideological Labels Using a Conjoint Experiment
Regional patterns in citizens’ reactions to a political assassination
How do citizens respond to political violence during election campaigns? Previous research suggests such events can increase support for the victim's party through a “rally ‘round the flag” effect, where the public unites against perceived threats, or an “empathy effect,” where individuals sympathize with the victim. Yet it remains unclear whether these effects vary across contexts. This study examines regional variation in public opinion followi…
Political science (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Positive economics (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)