Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association

The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association (日本新聞協会, Nihon Shinbun Kyōkai) (NSK) is an entirely independent and voluntary organization funded and operated by the mass media of Japan. The NSK was established on July 23, 1946. Its express purpose is to elevate ethical standards in reporting and protect and promote the media's common interests.[1] The NSK has been criticized as limiting the foreign press, local Japanese media outlets, over-representing the large national newspapers, and monopolizing representation with government officials, especially in regards to censorship.[2]

The functions of the NSK fall into the following six categories:

The NSK is involved in conducting seminars and lectures, and compiling a newsletter in an effort to increase education of the newspaper business in Japan and around the world.[3]

A study by the NSK, "Newspapers Take On The Digital Information Age; Can Journalism Survive?", came to four main conclusions.

References

  1. Pressnet
  2. Freeman, Laurie. "Mobalizing and Demobilizing the Japanese Public Sphere" from The State of Civil Society in Japan. Cambridge University Press. 2003, p. 236
  3. Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association
  4. Japan Media Review, USC

See also

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