@article{ART003183713},
author={Jung Ji Hee},
title={The Mass-Mediated View of Democracy and Cold War Liberalism in Occupied Japan: The New Road, The Media Mix of The Primer of Democracy},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2025},
volume={82},
number={1},
pages={267-299},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.267}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jung Ji Hee
TI - The Mass-Mediated View of Democracy and Cold War Liberalism in Occupied Japan: The New Road, The Media Mix of The Primer of Democracy
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2025
VL - 82
IS - 1
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 267
EP - 299
SN - 1598-3021
AB - This article examines the perception of democracy that Japanese progressive liberal intellectuals often advocate against the backdrop of the post-postwar trend. It aims to clarify the fundamental premises and characteristics of this perception in the context of the aftermath of the Asia-Pacific War and the rise of the Cold War. The study focuses on the U.S. occupation period, during which this perception was established, as well as the role of media in disseminating this specific view. It analyzes the first season of the NHK documentary drama The New Road (1949-1950), the media mix of the Japan’s first postwar textbook on democracy, The Primer of Democracy. This historicization reveals that the democracy popularized by the show was rooted in Cold War liberalism.
KW - Postwar Democracy;Cold War Liberalism;NHK Radio Broadcasting;U.S. Occupation of Japan;Asia-Pacific War
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.267
ER -
Jung Ji Hee. (2025). The Mass-Mediated View of Democracy and Cold War Liberalism in Occupied Japan: The New Road, The Media Mix of The Primer of Democracy. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 82(1), 267-299.
Jung Ji Hee. 2025, "The Mass-Mediated View of Democracy and Cold War Liberalism in Occupied Japan: The New Road, The Media Mix of The Primer of Democracy", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.82, no.1 pp.267-299. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.267
Jung Ji Hee "The Mass-Mediated View of Democracy and Cold War Liberalism in Occupied Japan: The New Road, The Media Mix of The Primer of Democracy" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 82.1 pp.267-299 (2025) : 267.
Jung Ji Hee. The Mass-Mediated View of Democracy and Cold War Liberalism in Occupied Japan: The New Road, The Media Mix of The Primer of Democracy. 2025; 82(1), 267-299. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.267
Jung Ji Hee. "The Mass-Mediated View of Democracy and Cold War Liberalism in Occupied Japan: The New Road, The Media Mix of The Primer of Democracy" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 82, no.1 (2025) : 267-299.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.267
Jung Ji Hee. The Mass-Mediated View of Democracy and Cold War Liberalism in Occupied Japan: The New Road, The Media Mix of The Primer of Democracy. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 82(1), 267-299. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.267
Jung Ji Hee. The Mass-Mediated View of Democracy and Cold War Liberalism in Occupied Japan: The New Road, The Media Mix of The Primer of Democracy. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2025; 82(1) 267-299. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.267
Jung Ji Hee. The Mass-Mediated View of Democracy and Cold War Liberalism in Occupied Japan: The New Road, The Media Mix of The Primer of Democracy. 2025; 82(1), 267-299. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.267
Jung Ji Hee. "The Mass-Mediated View of Democracy and Cold War Liberalism in Occupied Japan: The New Road, The Media Mix of The Primer of Democracy" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 82, no.1 (2025) : 267-299.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.267
