Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-186) and index.
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The Internet and new technologies in Japan -- Civil society in Japan -- Use of the internet by political actors in the Japanese-Korean textbook controversy -- Web site strategies of small citizens' groups : a quantitative website analysis -- How umbrella organizations in Japan, Korea and Germany use new technologies : a comparative approach -- The Internet as a platform for political participation and mobilization in the debate about the dispatch of troops to Iraq.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Civil Society and the Internet in Japan addresses how citizen groups utilize the Internet and how significant it is in their effectiveness. Isa Ducke provides an introduction into the theory regarding technological impact on democracy and this is supported with a series of case studies that take a closer look at the role of the Internet during the history textbook controversy; analyse the strategies of small citizen's groups; make comparisons between Internet use in Japan, Korea and Germany; and examine how the Internet is used as a platform to discuss the dispatch of Japanese troops in Iraq." "Providing original qualitative and quantitative research based on extensive empirical data, Civil Society and the Internet in Japan will be of interest to students and scholars of Japanese politics, media and information technology and civil society."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Civil society-- Japan.
Internet in political campaigns-- Japan.
Political participation-- Technological innovations-- Japan.
54.84 development and use of the Internet and websites.
Bürgerliche Gesellschaft
Civil society.
Internet in political campaigns.
Internet.
Internet.
Political aspects.
Political participation-- Technological innovations.