科目名	Hiroshima and Atomic Bombing in Media
単位数	2.0
担当者	INOUE Yasuhiro
履修時期	Spring Semester
履修対象	Any exchange students. Second year or above in International Studies.
講義形態	講義
講義の目的	Hiroshima and Atomic Bombing have been portrayed variously by the media in the world. This course aims at providing a wide variety of understandings of Hiroshima (Hiroshima/Atomic Bombing) by viewing films, e.g., Hollywood movies and TV documentaries, and reading newspaper articles. Hiroshima has been understood as one of the most significant historical tragedies of humanity, while on the other hand it has been trivialized as just one typical war incident. Similarly, Hiroshima is characterized as an atrocious war crime against humanity, or a holocaust, while the atomic bombing on the city has been admired as a humane act and God’s mercy/vengeance: Two extremes. Where do these different representations and understandings come from? The differences could be attributed at least partly to the portrayals and framings by media products such as movies, documentary films, and newspaper coverage. And of course, the US government’s propaganda and information manipulation played no small role in spreading positive understandings of the atomic bombing. These issues are to be explored and discussed in class.
到達目標	Students will learn about (1) facts and then (2) how Hiroshima and the atomic bombing are presented in movies, documentaries, and newspaper articles, and what these representations could be traced back to. Students will be able to adopt broad views and perspectives, i.e., international understandings, of Hiroshima and the atomic bombing; and understand the roles of the media in image- and opinion-building.
受講要件	Intermediate or higher proficiency in spoken and written English.
履修取消の可否	可
履修取消不可の理由
事前・事後学修	Students are required to read assignments to prepare for class discussion and express/share opinions in class. Some films are longer than the class time, so online viewing is assigned before or after class
講義内容	1. Introduction: Ended the war/saved lives or killed civilians indiscriminately (war crime)? 2. Myths & Facts (1): What is atomic bomb? What happened under the mushroom cloud? 3. Myths & Facts (2): Why were the atomic bombs developed and used against Japan? 4. Timeline and key figures/words of the atomic bombing (1). 5. Timeline and key figures/words of the atomic bombing (2). 6. Official and manipulated narratives of Hiroshima: Atomic Bomb Myths. 7. Newspaper coverage on Hiroshima at an early time: Focusing on The New York Times. 8. Scoop that revealed the realities of the atomic bombing: John Hersey’s Hiroshima. 9. Movie viewing and discussion: A British animation film, When the Wind Blows. 10. U.S. Government propaganda and fake news that set the definitions (framings) of the atomic bombing and Atomic Bomb Myths (1): Group project presentation on Henry Stimson’s Harper’s Magazine article. 11. U.S. Government propaganda and fake news that set the definitions (framings) of the atomic bombing and Atomic Bomb Myths (2): A Hollywood movie, The Beginning or the End. 12. Movies and Documentaries that exposed the atrocious realities of the bombing and radiation (1): A BBC program, Threads. 13. Movies and Documentaries that exposed the atrocious realities of the bombing and radiation (2): Steven Okazaki’s White Light/Black Rain. 14. Final Presentation (1): Review and critique of the media portrayals and coverage of Hiroshima. 15. Final Presentation (2): Review and critique of the media portrayals and coverage of Hiroshima.
期末試験実施の有無	実施しない
評価方法・基準	Participation (60%); group project presentation (20%); and individual final presentation (20%).
教科書等	Handouts and readings will be provided in class.
担当者プロフィール	Professor at Hiroshima City University. Ph.D. (Michigan State University). Councilor, The Japan Society of Information and Communication Research. He was a visiting researcher at The University of Hawai'i, Manoa, and a news reporter at Japanese national newspapers. Specialties include political communication, US journalism, the Internet & political/social world, and international news coverage on Hiroshima/atomic bombing. Major books are Atomic Bomb Myths and Information Manipulation in the US (Asahi Shimbun Publications) and US presidents' Speeches that Changed the World (K?dansha).
講義に関連する実務経験	More than 10 years’ experience in the media as a news reporter at Japanese national newspaper companies.
課題や試験に対するフィードバック	Providing comments on students’ discussions/presentations.
アクティブ・ラーニング	Debate, discussion, and reflection, critical thinking and reviewing of films and articles.
キーワード	Hiroshima, atomic bomb myths, media portrayals and framings, image/opinion-building, Hollywood movies, propaganda, information manipulation, fake news, John Hersey, The New York Times.
備考	Students who consider taking this course MUST attend the first session for guidance. All readings, lectures and discussions will be conducted in English. Students are expected to express opinions in English actively in class.