Japanese Journal of Communication Studies
Online ISSN : 2424-2063
Print ISSN : 2188-7721
Volume 44, Issue 1
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    2015Volume 44Issue 1 Pages Cover1-
    Published: November 30, 2015
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    2015Volume 44Issue 1 Pages 3
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  • Richiko IKEDA
    Article type: Article
    2015Volume 44Issue 1 Pages 67-84
    Published: November 30, 2015
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    Nearly 60 years have passed since Minamata disease was officially recognized in 1956. Even now, however, there is much about the Minamata disease incidents that is far from being resolved. There are on-going problems. Under these circumstances, a woman decided to become a kataribe (narrator/story-teller) at Minamata Disease Museum in September 2013. Her motivation for doing this was a powerful desire to help people understand that Minamata disease is not over and should not be considered over without the problems being solved. She believes that the power of a kataribe resides in how talk can make such messages prevail. The current research examines this kataribe s talk sessions and finds that they function as places to uncover the prejudice and preconceptions that we have about such talk sessions. It reveals that these places where we have believed that the lessons of the past should be narrated may function quite differently; that is, they are places for communicating not only what happened but also what is happening, and what will happen, imparting clues for the next generation about how to become narrators of such issues as kogai (environmental health hazards), wars and other significant incidents.
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  • Shoko Ikeda
    Article type: Article
    2015Volume 44Issue 1 Pages 85-106
    Published: November 30, 2015
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    Prior research literatures on organizational communication and its related field have discussed the various roles of facilitator who "facilitates" organization members' autonomy and collaboration. However, it remains unclear how members' autonomy and collaboration are "facilitated." This study aims at exploratorily researching the process of section managers' actions in its organization by multiple case analyses. In order to solve this issue, facilitation is defined and classified into the following three categories: group facilitation, facilitation as a style of leadership, and bridging facilitation. The findings indicate that managers' facilitative behaviors are influenced by each organization and/or group climate, and that facilitative process of members' autonomy and collaboration also respond to the surrounding environment. The study discusses that facilitation and its facilitation process should be analyzed through multiple level interactions among organization, group and individual. Future research would need to cover a wider range of activities in organization.
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  • Article type: Appendix
    2015Volume 44Issue 1 Pages 107-108
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    2015Volume 44Issue 1 Pages 108-109
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    2015Volume 44Issue 1 Pages 110-111
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    2015Volume 44Issue 1 Pages 112-114
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    2015Volume 44Issue 1 Pages App5-115
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