1. Literature
Review
Theory of this research:
<Community development theory>
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It is not difficult to access to mass
media.
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There are many public access
broadcasting centers.
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There are TV programs and newspapers for
Japanese and Chinese.
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It is difficult to access to mass media
and run public access broadcasting centers.
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There is a few public access broadcasting
centers and citizens do not know the existence of it.
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There is only TV programs for Japanese.
When I came to
Vancouver, I was very surprised because there were newspapers and TV programs
for Japanese and they were made by participation by the citizens. A boundary line between audience and
sender of information is very strong in Japan, but it is not so strong in
Vancouver.
In Japanese
community in Vancouver, they cooperate with each other. For example, when one organization holds
an event, Japanese broadcasting center and newspaper publishing company work
for advertising it and gathering people, who want to do volunteer work, and a
shop which run by Japanese sells tickets. Japanese
community develops by being heard their voice, and Japanese public access
broadcasting center and newspaper can grow by cooperation with community. There is a good reciprocal action
between Japanese community and mass media.
The development of community access mass media helps
those who have silenced to be heard and community development. However, in Japan, it is very hard to
establish and run public access broadcasting centers, so it is hard for community
to develop. In Japan, audience is
just a receiver of information and a sender of information is only press. Douglas Kellner (1999) noted, “Public
access television, then, would open television to the public; it would make
possible community participation, and thus world be in the public interest of
strengthening democracy.” I think
that the public access to mass media is important for Japan.
3. Findings
4. Conclusion
5. References