The Media Coverage and Problems of Dioxin

Abstract

　In this paper, I consider the media coverage of dioxin emissions i n Japan. The

“disproportionality” i s one element of the moral panic, and this focuses on the

extent to which the“ degree of public concern over the behavior i tself, the problem

i t poses, or condition i t creates i s far greater than i s true for comparable,

even more damaging actions （Goode & Ben-Yehuda 1994：36）”. But about social

problems have high “uncertainty”, such as environmental problems i n the

risk society, we are hard to explaining the “objective” risk of social problems

and reviewing the process of construction.

　In this paper, I would suggest a standard to consider“ uncertainly”, and apply

to the media coverage of dioxin emission i n Japan.