著者
早川 洋行
出版者
滋賀大学教育学部
雑誌
滋賀大学教育学部紀要, 人文科学・社会科学・教育科学 (ISSN:05830044)
巻号頁・発行日
no.45, pp.37-46, 1995

This paper is a study on "rumors of rats in Thai rice" in Japan. These rumors circulated in Japan in March, 1994. I have published two papers on theories of modern rumors. This paper is based on those theories. In thispaper I discuss the conditions and socio-psychological background in which the rumors occurred, what the functions of the rumors were and the relation between the rumors and the modern journalism in Japan. I pointed out that there were three conditions (objective, subjective and social)at that time which persuaded the people that the rumors were fact. There rumors were urban rumors, rumors people made up to confirm theirIn-group, and to develop and express an ideology. Also discussed is the fact that the rumors were cultivated by sensationalism in the mass media.
著者
法岡 淑子
出版者
滋賀大学
雑誌
滋賀大学教育学部紀要. 人文科学・社会科学・教育科学 (ISSN:05830044)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.42, pp.179-193, 1992

Although it has been said that there are at least one or two children in a class of any school who cannot carry a tune, the actual state and the causes of their trouble have hardly been clarified so far. In this connection, our fact, finding team has made a survey concerning to what extent children from 4 to 15 ages(from kindergartens to junior high schools in A-ichi Prefecture)are able to sing correctly in tune. We asked musicteachers to grade children into five levels. Our survey shows that there is a remarkable difference between boys and girls in all the age brackets,(i. e. more boys than girls have pitch trouble),they sing more correctlyas they grow older, how the voice change in puberty causes poor pitch singing, and in what way private music lessons are related to correct pitch singing.