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11	The Impact of Japanese Corporate and Country Culture on Crisis Communications: A Case Study Examining Tokyo Electric Power Company Batyko, Richard J. 03 December 2012 (has links) No description available. Cognitive Psychology Communication Energy Ethics Management Mass Communications crisis communications public relations corporate culture country culture Japan Thematic Network case study qualitative research ethics Japanese public relations governance management Fukushima nuclear disaster
12	Coverage of the Fukushima crisis in the two major English-language newspapers in Japan : a critical analysis Finn-Maeda, Carey 11 1900 (has links) This study uses a mixed-method approach to analyse the coverage of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis in Japan’s two major English-language newspapers – The Japan Times and The Daily Yomiuri. Quantitative coding is combined with critical discourse analysis to determine whether the coverage was, overall, predominantly alarming, reassuring, or relatively balanced and neutral. This is done to ascertain whether the newspapers were sensationalising the crisis, echoing the official government and industry communication thereof, or reporting in a critical, responsible manner as the fourth estate. To answer the research question, key aspects of the coverage like foci, framing, sources, narratives, actors and agency, and criticisms are closely examined. It is revealed that the coverage was neither predominantly alarming nor reassuring, but was problematic in other ways. The implications of the complex findings, both for the Japanese media industry and international disaster reporting, are discussed. The study is situated in a broad literature framework that draws on agenda setting theory, research about the roles and responsibilities of the media, the field of risk communication and the reporting of radiation events in history. / Communication Science / M.A. (Communication) Fukushima Content analysis Critical discourse analysis The Japan Times The Daily Yomiuri Radiation Risk communication Disaster reporting Fourth estate Media 070.44936317990952117 Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 Content analysis (Communication)
13	Use of GIS software to map contaminant distributions and determine integrated dose for purposes of assessing impact to biota Myers, Margaret C. 13 July 2012 (has links) The objective of this research was to estimate the radiological impact on various non-human biotas by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant radiation release resulting from Japan's tsunami in March 2011 consistent with the recent recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection. Soil concentration data given by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan (MEXT) were used to approximate doses to various organisms. Cumulative doses and dose rates were plotted in ArcGIS 10, geographic information system (GIS) software, and Kriging interpolations were performed between the sampling points. The conclusion of this preliminary investigation that there appears to be the potential for adverse biological impacts of the studied biota; however, the magnitude of the impact will require further investigation. / Graduation date: 2013 radioecology GIS Geography Information Science non-human biota radiation effects Fukushima Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 Radioactive pollution of soils -- Japan

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