Young People's Interaction with Political Information in Japan

Bibliographic Data

ID2641652
AuthorsHitoshi Kamada (0000-0003-4308-1034, Kyoto Notre Dame University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume16
Issue1
Pages40-53
Publication date2024-05-06
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCosmopolitan Civil Societies An Interdisciplinary Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1837-5391 • E-ISSN: 1837-5391
PublisherUniversity of Technology, Sydney (UTS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5130/ccs.v16.i1.8613
OpenAlexW4396777710
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

This paper investigated how Japanese young people's attitudes toward politics and the social environments they are in affect their interaction with political information in their daily life. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty people to gather data about their experiences with political information and their attitudes toward politics. The results show that they have mixed feelings about political information, which arise from personal factors but are interrelated with broader social factors. Their attitude, which comprises their sense of remoteness to politics, low political efficacy, and difficulty understanding politics, reduces their interest in knowing political information. Social factors that limit opportunities for political participation and conversation diminish the utility of information and the motivation for seeking information. The habit of monitoring political information, often facilitated by experience watching television news with family, emerges as a factor that can maintain young people's exposure to political information, regardless of their level of political interest

Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Social Media and Politics

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