Broadcasting in Japan: Case-studies on Broadcasting Systems

by Masami Ito

Japan has developed what is arguably the most sophisticated and the most democratic broadcasting system in the world. The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1st September 1923, with its devastation and confusion drove home in its appalling way the importance of being able to broadcast immediate information to the public. The same year, the Ministry of Communications promptly established an administrative system to regulate broadcasting. In less than a decade...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041558518X
• ISBN13: 9780415585187
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"