Characteristics of the Media for Involving Public in Infrastructure Planning Process

Abstract

In this Paper, characteristics of the media are surveyed. The use of the web survey as the evaluation technique of the information transmission activity is examined. As a result, it is shown that it is appropriate to use the web investigation excluding the television, and clarified the characteristic of the informationtransmission activity in public involvement process of infrastructure planning. It is also useful to utilize the town information magazine aiming at young people, even if the newspaper is the fundamental media for information transmission.