Description:
The media play a great role in creating the images of a foreign country
and in influencing international relations. This lecture will explain the
media�fs roles in image-building and international relations by focusing
on U.S.-Japan relations. The specific purpose of this lecture is three-fold:
it will (1) provide knowledge about news flow/content between the U.S.
and Japan, (2) explain the influence of the news on Japanese and Americans
in terms of image-building and policy-making, and (3) describe the roles
of the media in contributing to world peace.
Objective:
Students are encouraged to discuss what the media can do to build friendly
international relationships.
Readings:
Inoue, Yasuhiro. "Effects of the Japanese News Media on Images of
U.S. Foreign Policy and Society: A Survey of Japanese College Students,"
Hiroshima Journal of International Studies 9 (2003): 77-89.
In addition, handouts will be provided in class.
Recommended Readings:
Inoue, Yasuhiro & Patterson, Dennis. (2007). "News Content and American Perceptions of Japan and U.S.-Japanese Relations." Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, v.12, n.1, 117-121.

Name:INOUE Yasuhiro
Present Post and Title: Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Hiroshima City University.
Final Education: Michigan State University, Ph.D.
Specialized Field: Mass Media Effects, Web, International Communication/Global Media, and
Political Communication (e.g., public diplomacy), and Journalism. Currently,
he has been working on anime and its effects on non-Japanese people�fs
opinion about Japan.
Recent Publications:
*Inoue, Yasuhiro & Patterson, Dennis. (2007). "News Content and American Perceptions of Japan and U.S.-Japanese Relations." Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, v.12, n.1, 117-121.
*Inoue, Yasuhiro & Kawakami, Yoshiro (2006). "Japanese Women, Show Biz News and Hard News: Contradictions between Reality and Stereotype", in Kiran Prasad (Ed.), Globalization, Women and Mass Media (pp.73-93). New Delhi: The Women Press.
*Cyber Election Campaigning: U.S. Presidential Election 2000. Hiroshima, Japan: Keisuisha. (2004).
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He was a news reporter in Japanese national newspapers, Mainichi Shimbun
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