格差社会における人々の意識とテレビに対する信頼

抄録

　The term “disparate society” has taken a firm hold in the lexicon when

describing modern Japanese society. As social problems such as irregular

employment rates, poverty rates, and the percentage of people that are unmarried

continue to rise, the government has failed to formulate effective measures.

This study critically examines the conscious divisions in the minds of people

brought upon by the widening of disparities as a cause for the increasing distrust

in television by conducting a nationwide public opinion poll （October

2018） with a focus on the relationship between subjective class identification

and trust in television. The results demonstrated that although the age, region

of residence, size of the city of residence, and household income of poll respondents

do not impact the level of trust in television, people who self-identify as

members of the lower levels of society tend to have lower levels of trust in

television.