Public Betrayed': The Power of'A Japan's Scandal-Breaking Weeklies
In a new book, media ethics professor Takesato Watanabe and writer Adam Gamble explore the massive influence of Japan's controversial weekly newsmagazines, or shukanshi. This edited excerpt from the book is the first of two installments
Takesato watanabe posted ( Japan Media Review )
In many ways, the Japanese weekly newsmagazines constitute their own genre. As noted in part two, they are often described as bizarre blends of various types of U.S. magazines, such as Newsweek, the New Yorker, People, Penthouse, and the National Enquirer. They are similar to Newsweek or Time in that they often present more-detailed coverage of selected topics from each week's news than is offered on television or in most newspapers. They can be a bit like the New Yorker, however, in that they carry a fair amount of literary and cultural commentary, albeit usually less sophisticated than the New Yorker's best material.
In their fluffy celebrity gossip, they also resemble People, and yet, like Penthouse (and similar men's magazines), many feature pornography and target (with but a few exceptions) men. And like the U.S. "supermarket tabloids," such as the National Enquirer, they are widely acknowledged to be less reliable than more establishment-oriented news publications.
In many ways, the Japanese weekly newsmagazines constitute their own genre. As noted in part two, they are often described as bizarre blends of various types of U.S. magazines, such as Newsweek, the New Yorker, People, Penthouse, and the National Enquirer. They are similar to Newsweek or Time in that they often present more-detailed coverage of selected topics from each week's news than is offered on television or in most newspapers. They can be a bit like the New Yorker, however, in that they carry a fair amount of literary and cultural commentary, albeit usually less sophisticated than the New Yorker's best material.
In their fluffy celebrity gossip, they also resemble People, and yet, like Penthouse (and similar men's magazines), many feature pornography and target (with but a few exceptions) men. And like the U.S. "supermarket tabloids," such as the National Enquirer, they are widely acknowledged to be less reliable than more establishment-oriented news publications.
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