抄録
Conventional research on mass media effects focuses on the areas of recipient recognition, image, and evaluation. However, in this study, midway through the process of recognition through evaluation, we focus on before an evaluation is formulated and the impact on “issue-deliberative motive formulation.” This paper examines the issue of Japan toughening measures under the Revised Juvenile Law in 2000, which is thought to be, in part, an emotional directive, and analyzes the issue of the toughening of measures against junior high-school students.
Three types of information frameworks covering the same amount of information were prepared, read by 120 college students, and upon reading, their degree of stimulation for the issue was measured. Measured items were orientation toward a) inner reflection, b) external information, and c) discussion.
As a result, despite the information covering the same issue, the “information type foreseeing individual contrasts type” framework which predicts the pros and cons of toughening measures or providing rehabilitation education for each subordinate issue was significantly different from the other two frameworks. In contrast, the “impact foreseeing type” framework showed a disposition toward heightened mental burden when processing information.
