한일기본조약을 ‘지저귀다’ -트위터를 통해 본 일본사회의 담론규범의 변화

Abstract

This study analyzed tweets on ‘the Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and Korea’ posted on the Twitter in Japan in terms of the specific assertions made and characteristics of users who posted them. In Japan, anti-Korea discourses have been continuously produced and distributed mainly on anonymous Internet discussion sites. This study has an interest in examining how ‘Korea’ has been discussed on the Twitter which is considered as a less anonymous media under certain conditions, with a special focus on the possible relations with the change of political environment in Japan resulted from ‘the return of conservative regime.’ Major findings are 1) that a rapid increase of the Treaty related tweets was observed since 2012 when Abe Shinzo’s party started to get wide public supports, 2) that most of the tweets made largely same assertions as the Japanese government and/or right-wing groups have raised, and 3) that majority of the users who posted those tweets identified themselves with nationalists, the right-leaned, or conservatives. These findings suggest that a change in discourse norms is currently occurring in Japanese society and the change might be advanced further for right wings to easily voice in the near future.