Date of Graduation
Spring 5-18-2018
Document Access
Restricted Project/Capstone - USF access only
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Studies (MAPS)
College/School
College of Arts and Sciences
Department/Program
Asia Pacific Studies
Abstract
This paper addresses the effects of primary – or industrial – modernity on public trust. More specifically, it examines the influence of industrial modernity on Japanese institutions’ handling of critical information pertinent to a nuclear disaster like 3.11 and why the Japanese public’s trust in institutions following these events might weaken. By doing so, this paper attempts to demonstrate that continued adherence to a political and social paradigm based on industrial modernity exacerbates the erosion of trust between a public increasingly wary of risks that cannot be contained, and institutions motivated by social predictability and the perpetuation of existing societal norms.
Recommended Citation
Hackett, Blake, "A Meltdown of Trust: Institutions, Information, and Nuclear Risk in Japan" (2018). Master's Projects and Capstones. 754.
https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/754
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