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Social media a factor, as Japan’s anti nuclear protests influence government Submitted by Contributors on August 19, 2012

“…Many of the protesters are disgusted and disillusioned with the mainstream Japanese media coverage of the nuclear problem. They credit the success of their movement to social media, word of mouth, and the Internet. And it is true that the mainstream Japanese media, which was the recipient of TEPCO’s annual $400 million worth of advertising, has been very reluctant to even report on the existence of the protesters until recently…”

“..Hattori insists that his movement is not useless: “The fact that so
many people gather together for the same cause is a very rare thing.
The only demonstrations well known in Japan were those organized in
the 60s, and they were organized by labor unions and the participants
were workers. Here and now, it’s different. You can see families,
children, old people—in other words, very ordinary people from all
social classes…”

“…Hattori says, “The reason we are being taken seriously is not just
because of Twitter or social media anymore. It is thanks to the people
who made the difference by communicating face to face with their
colleagues at work, with the primary-school teachers where they take
their kids to school, with their old high school friends. The people
who passed the information on about our movement by word of mouth made
a big difference.”…”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/19/nuclear-power-protests-find-wide-support-in-japan.html

August 20, 2012 - Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized