GLOBAL MEDIA AND JAPAN

共通 - 全学共通

GSS20700

コース情報

担当教員: 李ウォンギョン

単位数: 2

年度: 2024

学期: 秋学期

曜限: 水1

形式: 対面授業+オンライン授業(オンデマンド授業,同時双方向型授業(Zoomなど)) /Alternating face-to-face & A

レベル: 200

アクティブラーニング: あり

他学部履修: 可

評価方法

出席状況

10%

授業参加

30%

リアクションペーパー

30%

レポート

10%

その他

<Group Presentation> In the middle of the course, students will be grouped by research topics. You can choose a current event taking place in Japan or other states' soft power and investigate the issue using a critical perspective. Expected outputs are a short oral presentation, which you will give during our mini conference session (13 week). All students will be expected to play a role in the planning and delivery of their group project.

20%

詳細情報

概要

Japan rapidly developed its economy after World War 2 and is regarded as having strong soft power. This course will discuss how it has been achieved with the important keywords in Japan: the United States, pop culture, science and technology, language, nationalism and diversity. Through the exploration of these topics, students will gain unique insights into the challenges and opportunities that Japan are presented with and deepen their understanding of the society undergoing some subtle, yet possibly fundamental changes.

目標

This course explores the political and social aspects of soft power mainly in Japan and neighboring states these days. It also analyzes current issues in domestic politics and foreign relations, especially focusing on Japan-the US and Japan-Korea relations.

授業外の学習

Students will be asked to write a brief, around one-page reaction paper for each class based on discussions and to submit their articles in the next class. Writing assignments will help generate engaging thoughts or questions while reading, and will serve as the basis of class discussions and the final presentation. Original and provocative interpretations are foremost: students will be occasionally called upon to share their thoughts and be encouraged to respond to other students’ works.

所要時間: 190 minutes per week. Details are found on Moodle.

スケジュール

<Introduction> Hard Power, Soft Power, and Smart Power * The schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor. Changes will be notified ahead of time.
<Media, Soft Power and Cultural Globalization>
<Soft Power and Related Policies> Under globalizing and post-industrial environment, policy-makers struggle to pursue their strategic objectives with policy tools that are also changing radically. A huge challenge for political leaders is to decide how best to wield these instruments of state power in ways that allow them to achieve their goals. This requires becoming familiar with the full range of resources that could be mobilized, and with their relative strengths and weaknesses. In brief, this means knowing how to combine hard power with soft power to achieve “smart power”.
<Japan’s Soft Power: Positive and Negative Images> Pop-culture, Disaster Resilience, and Diplomacy
<Soft Power and International Relations in East Asia> In East Asia, content delivery within the region becomes prevalent and is evolving rapidly due to digital technologies and increased consumer buying power. Rethinking technological and policy factors stimulate content distribution at the state level, governments in this region became aware of the importance of digital content as an element of international competitiveness and put effort into developing proper governance.
<Ageing Society and its effects on Soft Power> COIL and Virtual exchanges based on real-time online communications will be attempted in this part.
<Diversity and Soft Power>
<Human Rights and Soft Power>
<Intercultural Communication in the Digital Era>
<Science, Technology, and Soft Power>
<Pop-culture and Soft Power> This part will review the mechanism of content distribution networks among East Asian economies over a recent decade, and discusses policy implications that promote the content industry with a focus on Korea and Japan.
<Language, Education, and Soft Power>
<Group presentation>
<Final discussion and Conclusions>

教科書

Handouts will be given in class or posted in Moodle.

参考書

Soft power : the means to success in world politics

著者: Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

出版社: 2004. New York : Public Affairs