Why is Twitter so popular in Japan?

Izutsu, Mitsuko Narita; Izutsu, Katsunobu

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“…Japan has a particularly high population density of Twitter users, even when compared to the major countries that use Twitter, such as the United States. Furthermore, owing to language exclusivity, it is easier to filter comments related to Japanese society using Japanese keywords [ 24 ]. Twitter has also been frequently used to help summarize peoples’ responses about the pandemic and its measures, showing the challenges experienced throughout [ 25 ].…”

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Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Twitter in Japan: Qualitative Analysis of Disrupted Plans and Consequences

Kamba,

She,

Ferawati

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JMIR Infodemiology

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Background Despite being a pandemic, the impact of the spread of COVID-19 extends beyond public health, influencing areas such as the economy, education, work style, and social relationships. Research studies that document public opinions and estimate the long-term potential impact after the pandemic can be of value to the field. Objective This study aims to uncover and track concerns in Japan throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by analyzing Japanese individuals’ self-disclosure of disruptions to their life plans on social media. This approach offers alternative evidence for identifying concerns that may require further attention for individuals living in Japan. Methods We extracted 300,778 tweets using the query phrase Corona-no-sei (“due to COVID-19,” “because of COVID-19,” or “considering COVID-19”), enabling us to identify the activities and life plans disrupted by the pandemic. The correlation between the number of tweets and COVID-19 cases was analyzed, along with an examination of frequently co-occurring words. Results The top 20 nouns, verbs, and noun plus verb pairs co-occurring with Corona no-sei were extracted. The top 5 keywords were graduation ceremony, cancel, school, work, and event. The top 5 verbs were disappear, go, rest, can go, and end. Our findings indicate that education emerged as the top concern when the Japanese government announced the first state of emergency. We also observed a sudden surge in anxiety about material shortages such as toilet paper. As the pandemic persisted and more states of emergency were declared, we noticed a shift toward long-term concerns, including careers, social relationships, and education. Conclusions Our study incorporated machine learning techniques for disease monitoring through the use of tweet data, allowing the identification of underlying concerns (eg, disrupted education and work conditions) throughout the 3 stages of Japanese government emergency announcements. The comparison with COVID-19 case numbers provides valuable insights into the short- and long-term societal impacts, emphasizing the importance of considering citizens’ perspectives in policy-making and supporting those affected by the pandemic, particularly in the context of Japanese government decision-making.

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Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Twitter in Japan: Qualitative Analysis of Disrupted Plans and Consequences

Kamba,

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Ferawati

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JMIR Infodemiology

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“…The use of this particle serves to signal the speaker's belief that the propositional content of the utterance does not have to be part of the mutual belief. We can refer to this use of -na(a) in a conversational setting as a kind of "addressee-exclusion device" (Izutsu & Izutsu 2019), which serves as an indicator that the speaker's utterance is not oriented toward the addressee on the speech-act space. Our argument is also supported by a layperson's observation made on a web page (head_jockaa n.d.).…”

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On and off the common ground: Japanese final particles as (un)grounding devices

Izutsu,

Izutsu

2021

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The notion of “common ground” (Clark & Brennan 1991; Clark 1996) presupposes communication or conversation as “the basic setting for language use” (Clark 1996: 11). The serialisation of Japanese sentence-final particles is highly sensitive to the likelihood of the relevant utterance being part of the common ground. This paper reconsiders the conception of common ground and grounding processes, investigating monologic as well as conversational discourse. A case study of two modernist texts which contain internal monologue (interior monologue) illustrates how three facets of grounding activities (the establishment, confirmation, and cancellation of common ground) are tactfully realised by means of the final-particle marking of a distinction between monologic and conversational discourse. Our analysis reveals that Japanese final particles (specifically, -ne and -na(a)) play an essential role in encoding the speaker’s intention to ground or unground his/her utterance (i.e., to make the utterance on or off the common ground).

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Very simple, though, isn't it? Pragmatic marker sequencing at the right periphery

Izutsu

2021

Journal of Pragmatics

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Why is Twitter so popular in Japan?

Cited by 3 publications

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Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Twitter in Japan: Qualitative Analysis of Disrupted Plans and Consequences

Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Twitter in Japan: Qualitative Analysis of Disrupted Plans and Consequences

On and off the common ground: Japanese final particles as (un)grounding devices

Very simple, though, isn't it? Pragmatic marker sequencing at the right periphery

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