Japanese Sociological Review
Online ISSN : 1884-2755
Print ISSN : 0021-5414
ISSN-L : 0021-5414
Some Aspects of the Contemporary Love-romance
An Interpretation of Social Discourse in Articles of Magazines
Naho TANIMOTO
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1998 Volume 49 Issue 2 Pages 286-301

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In this paper I focus on social discourse and interpret the social consciousness of love-romance among the youth.
I regard articles of magazines as pieces of social story, and reconstitute as a model, which is analyzed by the semiotical method of narratives. Generally the social consciousness has been analyzed quantitatively. But in this paper it is analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively.
The model about the love story among the youth of today is characterized as having enlarged the process and postponed the end, and as having maximized enjoyment and minimized troubles.
The social consciousness of the youth is interpreted as follows : (1) they think processes of love affair more important than results of it, (2) they shelter themselves in a close group, (3) they hesitate decisions of their attitudes.
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