The role of a local newspaper after disaster: an intrinsic case study of Ishinomaki, Japan
Authors: Matthews, J.
Journal: Asian Journal of Communication
Volume: 27
Issue: 5
Pages: 464-479
eISSN: 1742-0911
ISSN: 0129-2986
DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2017.1280065
Abstract:The city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture was devastated by the tsunami that struck Japan’s North East Coast on 11 March 2011. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Ishinomaki, which included interviews with senior journalists from the city’s two local newspapers, the Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun and the Ishinomaki Kahoku, this paper presents an intrinsic case study of the role a local newspaper in Ishinomaki after the Great East Japan Disaster. The evidence reveals that in the immediate aftermath of the tsunami journalists recognised how their newspaper could serve the immediate information-needs of the local community by providing essential lifeline information, describing a duty to report, despite the operational difficulties that their newspapers faced. In the longer term recovery phase, interviewees acknowledged how their newspapers have attempted to communicate a message of hope to the city and provide an alternative perspective to the national media, which sometimes gave a false impression of the state of Ishinomaki’s recovery. This paper offers some insights into journalistic role conceptions, illustrating how journalists from the two newspapers embraced the role of information-disseminator after the disaster, and also identifies avenues for further research.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/26381/
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The role of a local newspaper after disaster: an intrinsic case study of Ishinomaki, Japan
Authors: Matthews, J.
Journal: ASIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION
Volume: 27
Issue: 5
Pages: 464-479
eISSN: 1742-0911
ISSN: 0129-2986
DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2017.1280065
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/26381/
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The role of a local newspaper after disaster: an intrinsic case study of Ishinomaki, Japan
Authors: Matthews, J.
Journal: Asian Journal of Communication
ISSN: 1742-0911
DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2017.1280065
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/26381/
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The role of a local newspaper after disaster: an intrinsic case study of Ishinomaki, Japan.
Authors: Matthews, J.
Journal: Asian Journal of Communication
Volume: 27
Issue: 5
Pages: 464-479
ISSN: 0129-2986
Abstract:The city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture was devastated by the tsunami that struck Japan’s North East Coast on March 11, 2011. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Ishinomaki, which included interviews with senior journalists from the city’s two local newspapers, the Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun and the Ishinomaki Kahoku, this paper presents an intrinsic case study of the role a local newspaper in Ishinomaki after the Great East Japan Disaster. The evidence reveals that in the immediate aftermath of the tsunami journalists recognised how their newspaper could serve the immediate information needs of the local community by providing essential lifeline information, describing a duty to report, despite the operational difficulties that their newspapers faced. In the longer-term recovery phase, interviewees acknowledged how their newspapers have attempted to communicate a message of hope to the city and provide an alternative perspective to the national media, which sometimes gave a false impression of the state of Ishinomaki’s recovery. This paper offers some insights into journalistic role conceptions, illustrating how journalists from the two newspapers embraced the role of information-disseminator (Weaver & Wilhoit, 1991) after the disaster, and also identifies avenues for further research.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/26381/
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