Hosting the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Construction of “Others”:

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  • 2020年東京オリンピック・パラリンピック開催決定と他者
  • 2020年東京オリンピック・パラリンピック開催決定と他者 : テレビ報道を事例に
  • 2020ネン トウキョウ オリンピック ・ パラリンピック カイサイ ケッテイ ト タシャ : テレビ ホウドウ オ ジレイ ニ
  • ―テレビ報道を事例に―
  • An analysis of TV news coverage of Tokyo’s winning the bid

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This paper examines television coverage on the decision to choose Tokyo as the host venue for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Firstly, the bias of the television coverage is clarified by comparing the coverage with polls conducted at the same time. Secondly, the bias is considered by using the concept of “Others” which has been discussed since Edward Said defined the term in his book, “Orientalism”. <br>　In this paper, “Others” were divided into two categories ― foreign and domestic. The foreign category includes China and Korea, the domestic category consists of the "Disaster area of Fukushima". In the television coverage, “Others” were represented as having a negative attitude towards the decision to grant the Olympics to Tokyo. The term “Us”, which contrasts with “Others”, mainly refers to Japanese people who showed positive attitudes towards the news, but it also refers to foreigners who were delighted with the decision. <br>　These two contrasting attitudes of “Others” and “Us” both created their own stereotypes. People in the “Disaster area of Fukushima” have typically been thought to be against hosting the Olympics in Tokyo. People in Tokyo have been thought to be positive about the event. Accordingly, these stereotypes which were created by television coverage concealed negative attitudes and problems in Tokyo.

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