A consideration of media-nationalism
a case study of Japan after the Second World War

"At present most people receive news via the media, which functions as a 'window' for looking out onto the world. However, people do not simply believe the news precisely as the media reports it. [...] Audiences receive news filtered through preexisting definitions or images that already exist in their minds. Most of these preexisting elements are historically cultivated and shared with other persons in society. It must be remembered that journalists also operate in this situation. [...] Of course mass media not only delivers news but also novels, films, dramas and other elements to audiences. National conciousness has been historically cultivated and accumulated in the context of each country or society. It has been often visible in newspaper, radio and television news and other mass media, and more recently on the Internet which is often treated as 'paricipatory media'. We can call this situation Media-Nationalism." [Information des Anbieters]