2009 年 74 巻 p. 76-93
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.