CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Ono, Masaki |
|---|---|
| Title | Declining Anti-Korean Prejudice among Young Japanese: The Role of Korean Popular Culture and Political Indifference |
| Summary | In the early 2000s, Japanese youth robustly exhibited strong detestation and took rebellious stances towards Korea and Korean people. It is well-established that the diplomatic relationship between Korea and Japan was a strong predictor of Japanese youth’s anti-Korea movement in the early 2000s. However, based on a national survey conducted in 2021, present-day Japanese youth exhibit positive attitudes towards Korea. Hence, this study is designed to ascertain the factors that affect present-day Japanese youth's attitudes towards Korea and Koreans. In order to achieve these two research objectives, the present study conducted twelve online individual interviews with Japanese youth aged 22 to 24. Then, by employing the Thematic Analysis model, the interview results indicated that the majority of interview participants did not have affective, cognitive, and behavioral prejudice towards Korea and Koreans. Also, more importantly, interviewees who consume Korean popular culture, experienced interpersonal contact with Koreans, and presented political apathy tend to be more tolerant towards Korea and Koreans. These results proved that Korean popular culture, political apathy, and social phycological factors are conceivable as explanatory factors of Japanese youth’s positive and tolerant attitudes towards Korea and Koreans. Whereas scholars have given ample attention to the upsurge of nationalistic disposition and anti-Korea movements among the Japanese youth around the early 200s, scant attention has been given to today’s Japanese youth. Therefore, the empirical findings in this study provide valuable insight into ethnic prejudice, Japanese youth’s nationalism, and Japanese youth’s prejudice towards Korea and Koreans. |
| Supervisor | Luca, Váradi |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/ono_masaki.pdf |
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