Social Media and Civil Society in Japan

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kaigo, Muneo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Ethnology > Asia.; Social media.; Political communication.; Communication.; Sociology.; Mass media.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789811050954
• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-5095-4
• Physical Description: XXI, 210 p. 17 illus., 3 illus. in color. online resource.

This book offers an overview of social media usage in Japan and describes its role in society during mid-level disruptions by natural disasters. Conceived during and after the Great East Japan Earthquake that devastated large portions of the north-eastern area of Japan, this volume addresses the lin...