著者

菅原 慎悦 小林 誠道 長井 裕傑

出版者

関西大学 社会安全研究センター

雑誌

社会安全学研究 = Journal of societal safety sciences (ISSN:21860815)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.11, pp.57-81, 2021-03-31

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This study explores how the COVID-19 was reported in Japanese media focusing particularly on 'reducing contact by 80 percent', an oft-mentioned policy slogan during the emergency period. Our qualitative content analysis of five major newspapers in Japan between 1 April and 30 June shows that media agenda had shifted from 'socializing the slogan of 'reducing contact by 80 percent'' to 'highlighting unachieved status against this goal', and to 'reviewing the boundary between science and politics'. By and large, our analysis indicates that Japanese print media coverage were modest and 'media hype' was not observed. Rather, the slogan had been emphatically represented as a 'scientific' and thus an uncompromised goal, which might orient people toward selfrestraint behavior. Meanwhile, it may have hindered the public from scrutinizing the incertitude of scientific expertise which supported governmental decisions.

著者

竹本 七海 安部 誠治

出版者

関西大学 社会安全研究センター

雑誌

社会安全学研究 = Journal of societal safety sciences (ISSN:21860815)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.11, pp.163-180, 2021-03-31

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Domestic shipping accounts for 40% of all Japanese domestic freight transportation on a ton-kilometer basis. In recent years, ships have attracted attention as an eco-friendly transportation method since ships emit less carbon dioxide per cargo than trucks. In addition, even if transportation on land is temporarily halted during largescale disasters such as the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake of 2011, ships can effectively transport goods between ports. The Japanese domestic shipping industry currently has many problems. This paper examined the current state of domestic shipping in Japan.

著者

近藤 誠司 中野 充博

出版者

関西大学 社会安全研究センター

雑誌

社会安全学研究 = Journal of societal safety sciences (ISSN:21860815)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.11, pp.109-123, 2021-03-31

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In this study, we conducted a questionnaire survey on communication issues among all hearing-impaired person in Kusatsu city, in order to consider the natural disaster countermeasures for support needing people under COVID-19 crisis. Consequently, we found that their commitments to disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities had not made much progress, although 69.8% of them had interests in DRR measures. Furthermore, they would have to grapple with the problem of an aging population. In consideration of this situation, we insisted that it was necessary to improve the intergenerational social exchange based on the mutually helping.