Abstract
International disputes are difficult to resolve, partly because the disputed issues are framed differently by the news media of the countries involved. Therefore, it is essential to compare the news coverage of countries having disagreements by using the identical methodology and investigate differences in the framing of such conflicts. To investigate territorial and historical disputes between Japan and Korea, we quantitatively analyzed newspaper articles published between 2011 and 2016 in liberal and conservative newspapers of the two countries (Asahi, Yomiuri, Hankyoreh, and Chosun). More specifically, we used Word2Vec, which expresses the meaning of words as vectors, and investigated the semantic structure of issues related to Takeshima/Dokdo and comfort women in news articles. Results indicated that framing of these issues differed significantly between the Japanese and the South Korean press, as well as between the liberal and the conservative media in each country. We suggest that these differences could potentially make reconciliation between Japan and Korea more challenging.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 2019 |
| Event | 6th Asian Political Methodology Meeting (Asia PolMeth2019) - Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan Duration: 5 Jan 2019 → 6 Jan 2019 https://polmeth.org/blog/2019-asian-political-methodology-meeting https://polmeth.org/asia |
Conference
| Conference | 6th Asian Political Methodology Meeting (Asia PolMeth2019) |
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| Abbreviated title | Asia PolMeth 2019 |
| Country/Territory | Japan |
| City | Kyoto |
| Period | 5/01/19 → 6/01/19 |
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