A Survey of the First "Internet Election" : 2013 Japanese Upper House Election

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  • Sugiyama Akashi
    Division of International Relations and Social Information, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University

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  • 「第1回ネット選挙」-2013年参議院選挙-の実証的研究
  • 「 ダイ1カイ ネット センキョ 」-2013ネン サンギイン センキョ-ノ ジッショウテキ ケンキュウ

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Abstract

In Japan, the 23 rd Upper House election (2013) was held for the first time after the ban on election campaign on the information network (Internet) was lifted. This article analyzes through empirical research whether this election changed from previous ones in regard to voters' media use and political consciousness. Although people seldom used the internet for expressing political opinion and for decision making, they felt a certain change in regard to their evaluation to "net election". About political consciousness, the fourth of four factors extracted by factor analysis (eigenvalue > 1, promax rotation) is seemingly reflects the tone of argument on the net. This article points out in the last part that it is generally observed in this election that the influence of using the internet was not great, but we must be cautious of generalization because there was little chance for any one change in circumstances to affect the election under the present condition of the ruling party's predominant advantage.

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  • 比較社会文化

    比較社会文化 20 11-29, 2014-03-25

    Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University

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