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Foreword by Rethy Chhem; Foreword by Wiebe E. Bijker; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; Part ILessons from Fukushima; 2 The Processes Through Which Nuclear Power Plants Are Embedded in Political, Economic, and Social Contexts in Japan; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Brief History of Nuclear Power Plants; 2.2.1 Cultural Acceptance of Nuclear Energy; 2.2.1.1 Phase I: 1945
1969; 2.2.1.2 Phase II: 1970
2011; 2.2.1.3 Phase III: 2011
; 2.2.2 Role of Nuclear Energy in the Political System; 2.2.3 Status of the Nuclear Industry; 2.3 Politics of ``Beyond Assumption''
2.4 Effect of the Accident on the Technology-Society Relationship in Japan2.4.1 Communication Disaster and Enhancement of Segregation; 2.4.2 Culture of Public Debate Over Complex Techno-Scientific Issues; 2.5 Universal Lesson from Fukushima or Techno-Orientalism?; 2.6 Conclusion; References; 3 Agenda Building Intervention of Socio-Scientific Issues: A Science Media Centre of Japan Perspective; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Background: Crisis of Credibility After 3/11; 3.3 Agenda Setting of Science in Japanese Media; 3.4 The Success and Challenges of the Science Media Centre of Japan
3.4.1 What are SMCs?3.4.2 Science Alerts: The Fundamental Quality of the SMC; 3.5 SMC Activities Following the Great East Japan Earthquake; 3.5.1 Helping Journalists; 3.5.2 Putting Together a FAQ Section; 3.5.3 Sending Out Science Alerts; 3.5.4 Other Activities and Independence; 3.6 SMCJ Activity Following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake: A Critical Look; 3.6.1 The Agony Involved in Finding an Expert; 3.6.2 When Scientists Begin to Protect Themselves; 3.7 Realization of Agenda Building: Spiral of Silence and Two Scientists; 3.8 Building the Agenda to Bridge the Gap; 3.9 For the Future
AcknowledgmentsReferences; 4 Rhetorical Marginalization of Science and Democracy: Politics in Risk Discourse on Radioactive Risks in Japan; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Analytic Framework: Three Forms of Marginalization of Science and Democracy; 4.3 Case Analyses of Rhetorical Marginalization of Science and Democracy; 4.3.1 Case 1: Propaganda that Radiation Doses Below 100 mSv Are ``Safe''; 4.3.2 Case 2: Emergency Lecture Meeting Held by Science Council of Japan: ``To Fear Radiation Correctly''; 4.3.2.1 Intrusive ``Emergency Lecture''
4.3.2.2 ``Science'' in Emergency Lecture Meeting Held by SCJ4.3.3 Case 3: 100 mSv for Governmental Working Group on Risk Management of Low-Dose Radiation Exposure; 4.3.4 Case 4: Anxiety Suppressed: Scienceplainers on Social Media; 4.3.5 Case 5: Marginalization of Socio-Political Concerns by ``Risk Comparisons''; 4.3.6 Case 6: Damage by ``Incorrect'' Rumors (``FUHYOHIGAI''); 4.3.7 Case 7: Marginalization of Science and Democracy by the ``Emotional Mobilization''; 4.4 Science and Democracy After First Year of Post-March 11, 2011; 4.4.1 Establishment of Victims Support Act
1969; 2.2.1.2 Phase II: 1970
2011; 2.2.1.3 Phase III: 2011
; 2.2.2 Role of Nuclear Energy in the Political System; 2.2.3 Status of the Nuclear Industry; 2.3 Politics of ``Beyond Assumption''
2.4 Effect of the Accident on the Technology-Society Relationship in Japan2.4.1 Communication Disaster and Enhancement of Segregation; 2.4.2 Culture of Public Debate Over Complex Techno-Scientific Issues; 2.5 Universal Lesson from Fukushima or Techno-Orientalism?; 2.6 Conclusion; References; 3 Agenda Building Intervention of Socio-Scientific Issues: A Science Media Centre of Japan Perspective; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Background: Crisis of Credibility After 3/11; 3.3 Agenda Setting of Science in Japanese Media; 3.4 The Success and Challenges of the Science Media Centre of Japan
3.4.1 What are SMCs?3.4.2 Science Alerts: The Fundamental Quality of the SMC; 3.5 SMC Activities Following the Great East Japan Earthquake; 3.5.1 Helping Journalists; 3.5.2 Putting Together a FAQ Section; 3.5.3 Sending Out Science Alerts; 3.5.4 Other Activities and Independence; 3.6 SMCJ Activity Following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake: A Critical Look; 3.6.1 The Agony Involved in Finding an Expert; 3.6.2 When Scientists Begin to Protect Themselves; 3.7 Realization of Agenda Building: Spiral of Silence and Two Scientists; 3.8 Building the Agenda to Bridge the Gap; 3.9 For the Future
AcknowledgmentsReferences; 4 Rhetorical Marginalization of Science and Democracy: Politics in Risk Discourse on Radioactive Risks in Japan; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Analytic Framework: Three Forms of Marginalization of Science and Democracy; 4.3 Case Analyses of Rhetorical Marginalization of Science and Democracy; 4.3.1 Case 1: Propaganda that Radiation Doses Below 100 mSv Are ``Safe''; 4.3.2 Case 2: Emergency Lecture Meeting Held by Science Council of Japan: ``To Fear Radiation Correctly''; 4.3.2.1 Intrusive ``Emergency Lecture''
4.3.2.2 ``Science'' in Emergency Lecture Meeting Held by SCJ4.3.3 Case 3: 100 mSv for Governmental Working Group on Risk Management of Low-Dose Radiation Exposure; 4.3.4 Case 4: Anxiety Suppressed: Scienceplainers on Social Media; 4.3.5 Case 5: Marginalization of Socio-Political Concerns by ``Risk Comparisons''; 4.3.6 Case 6: Damage by ``Incorrect'' Rumors (``FUHYOHIGAI''); 4.3.7 Case 7: Marginalization of Science and Democracy by the ``Emotional Mobilization''; 4.4 Science and Democracy After First Year of Post-March 11, 2011; 4.4.1 Establishment of Victims Support Act