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In the complexedly-mediated society, the public opinion which is the foundation of democracy should be considered not as a static norm but as a dynamic recursive self-creation process. From this point of view, this paper will analyze the series of scandals relating to the Masuzoe, the former Tokyo Governor, problem, and clarify the dynamic characteristics of the public opinion in the complexedly-mediated society.
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This research was conducted thanks to a grant from Leaders in Literature/Social Science Business Research Promotion Pioneer Program’s (Sendō-teki hito bungaku shakai kagaku kenkyū suishin jigyō ryōiki kaitaku puroguramu) “Structural Transformation of Media Development and Public Nature in Risk Society: Theory, Demonstration, and Simulation Analysis Based on the Ethology of Network Models” (“Risuku shakai ni okeru media no hattatsu to kōkyō-sei no kōzō tenkan \(\sim \) nettowāku moderu no hikaku kōdō-gaku ni motodzuku riron jisshō shimyurēshon bunseki”) based on the research themes from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 2014.
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Endo, K. (2017). What Is Public Opinion? In the Age of Comlexedly-Mediated Democracy and Scandal Politics. In: Endo, K., Kurihara, S., Kamihigashi, T., Toriumi, F. (eds) Reconstruction of the Public Sphere in the Socially Mediated Age. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6138-7_2
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