著者

土田 辰郎 木村 浩

出版者

一般社団法人 日本原子力学会

雑誌

日本原子力学会和文論文誌 (ISSN:13472879)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.10, no.2, pp.132-143, 2011 (Released:2012-03-17)

参考文献数

21

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Media coverage plays an important role in delivering information to the public in a rapid and easy-to-understand manner in terms of the subjects of nuclear energy. The mass media has so far covered nuclear accidents that occurred in nuclear facilities. The media coverage usually gains the attention of the public through the news media, such as TV and newspapers. In this study, three main cases of nuclear accidents were quantitatively examined by using the database of a newspaper. In addition, various comments of journalists whom the author interviewed were added for the evaluation of the three cases. As a result, it was revealed that the amount of media reporting commonly reached a maximum just after the nuclear accidents occurred. It became also clear that the smoothness of the information flow from the nuclear industry to the mass media affected the trend of the media coverage from the viewpoints of the duration and number of news reports. Most of the journalists considered that it was significant for the nuclear industry to strengthen the initial reaction on the occasion of nuclear accidents. The nuclear industry should understand the characteristics that are typical of the media coverage on nuclear accidents in the future.

著者

土田 辰郎 木村 浩

出版者

Sociotechnology Research Network

雑誌

社会技術研究論文集 (ISSN:13490184)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.9, pp.30-40, 2012

被引用文献数

1 1

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原子力事業者の広報担当はマスメディアとの接点となり,記者へ原子力に関わる様々な情報を伝えている.広報担当とマスメディアとの日常的なコミュニケーションを中心とする平常時広報に注目し,広報担当の認知を23名へインタビューすることにより明らかにした.その結果を既に調査報告のあるマスメディアの原子力や原子力事業者に対する認知と比較した.広報担当者はプレス発表の機会も含め記者と継続的にコンタクトを図ることで記者の意識を理解するようになり,マスメディアへの情報伝達は改善がみられてきたことが分かった.平時におけるリスク認知の観点から,事業者がマスメディアに対して行う平常時広報での活動成果や課題の提示は,他の産業へも展開できる知見となろう.

著者

土田 辰郎 木村 浩

出版者

Atomic Energy Society of Japan

雑誌

日本原子力学会和文論文誌 = Transactions of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (ISSN:13472879)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.10, no.4, pp.332-346, 2011-12-01

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Taking into consideration the influence of the media coverage, this research aims to analyze the characteristics of the local newspapers that cover diverse events relevant to nuclear energy in regional areas where nuclear facilities are located (hereinafter called the "region"). According to the previous surveys, local residents in the region are more interested in the nuclear energy matters than those who live in urban areas. Plus, the local newspapers turn out to report more events of nuclear energy from a variety of angles. Through interviews with executives and journalists of the local newspaper companies in the regions, it is revealed that the local newspapers tend not to report news sensationally, but they would rather take a supportive stance toward the development in their regions. The interviewees hope that various activities of the nuclear industry will promote education, employment and cooperation among government, industry and academia. They also desire that the industry's activities will help to increase benefits in their regions. It appears that the interviewees' awareness reflects articles of the local newspapers. As a result of the surveys conducted for this research, it is considered that the journalists expect that their region will make particularly qualitative progress in the future.<br>