The Influence of Netouyo and Changing Shape of Japanese Demonstrations: Hate Speech of Zaitokukai

Abstract

This thesis investigates the correlations between the changes of Japanese recent demonstrations using the model of HateSpeech of Zaitokukai and the influence of Netouyo. The main purposes are finding the changes of Japanese demonstrations featuring HateSpeech, analyzing the factors of the changes, and providing the causes or ways that Netouyo is involved in those factors. The thesis firstly the backgrounds of the issues that striking HateSpeech held by Zaitokukai has been rising with the basic definitions of it as well as that of netouyo, then moves to the analysis that should be applied to the test of the hypothesis and the previous research, so that the academic findings is lead at the last.

To accomplish the main purposes, the thesis is focused on the characteristics of HateSpeech itself as well as Zaitokukai that make it different from existing demonstrations. Also, the particularities of Netouyo compared to existing conservative ideology and nationalistic netizens is significant portion of the research since it is essential to reveal one of the main purposes

providing the causes or ways that Netouyo is involved in those factors.

Since the accurate data interpretation of the internet users could be obscure, the comprehensive data analysis using the qualitative research data as well as the quantitative ones from the varied standings are used as the analysis of this thesis. The comparative research in order to pronounce the originalities, differences and characteristics of Zaitokukai and Netouyo is also adopted to make the uniqueness of them clearer.