Closing the Shop : : Information Cartels and Japan's Mass Media / / Laurie Anne Freeman.

How is the relationship between the Japanese state and Japanese society mediated by the press? Does the pervasive system of press clubs, and the regulations underlying them, alter or even censor the way news is reported in Japan? Who benefits from the press club system? And who loses? Here Laurie An...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
©2000
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 11 line illus., 10 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Preface
  • One. Bringing in the Media
  • Two. Press, Politics, and the Public in Historical Perspective
  • Three. Japan's Information Cartels: Part I. Competition and the Closed Shop
  • Four. Japan's Information Cartels: Part II. Structuring Relations Through Rules and Sanctions
  • Five. Expanding the Web: The Role of Kyo¯kai and Keiretsu
  • Six. Why Information Cartels Matter
  • Appendix A. Regulations for the Diet Press Club
  • Appendix B. Kitami Administration of Justice Press Club Agreement
  • Appendix C. Chronology of Agreements between the Imperial Household Agency and the Magazine Kisha Club
  • Appendix D. A Comparison with the British Lobby
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index