Failures in Leadership

How and Why Wishy-Washy Politicians Equivocate on Japanese Political Interviews

Bibliographic Data

ID6084299
AuthorsOfer Feldman (0000-0002-1274-8783), Ken Kinoshita (0000-0003-1010-0550), Peter Bull (0000-0003-4739-2892)
Year2017
Volume16
Issue2
Pages285-312
Publication date2017-05-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Language and Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1569-2159 • E-ISSN: 1569-9862
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/jlp.15009.fel
OpenAlexW2604718371
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited7

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 events that take place in the public domain. Differentiating among selected groups of politicians, i.e., ruling and opposition parties’ members, Cabinet ministers and prime ministers, and local level politicians, the paper focuses on the ways Japanese politicians (and for comparison also nonpoliticians) equivocate during televised programs and the conditions underlying this equivocation, thereby also assesses the significance of these talk shows in the broader context of political communication in Japan

Cabinet (room · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Equivocation · Opposition (politics · Political communication · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics · History · Law

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