Background
Feldman, Ofer was born on February 27, 1954 in Tel Aviv. Arrived in Japan, 1982. Son of Arie and Shulamit Feldman.
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De Landtsheer and Feldman draw together a collection of research essays examining the nature, characteristics, content, and reception of public rhetoric in various cultures and social settings. The volume focuses on three concerns. First, it examines public speech and symbols in various countries in both the East and the West. Second, it details various methods to study political discourse. Third, it reviews public speech and symbols in relationship to citizenship. As a unique study of the ways in which public speech works in a variety of nations to liberate and educate when it bridges the gaps between political elites and regular citizens, this volume should appeal to anyone, including scholars and researchers, with an interest in better understanding the burgeoning world of political communication.
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This book focuses on the rhetoric used by members of the political elite and the news media in Japan as the core of political dynamics in this country. Based on the notion that political society is formed by language, and that in a broad sense the essence of politics is talk, Talking Politics in Japan Today examines the multifarious aspects of political discourse in Japan. Discussion focuses on political discourse involving Diet members and political leaders — including the prime minister, the chief cabinet secretary, and leaders of political parties and party factions — as well as the discourse of the news media as it evolves and revolves around the Diet, the prime minister’s official residence, headquarters of the major political parties, and Diet members’ offices. The activities that take place in Nagatacho (government) and how they are expressed and reflected in communication- related processes — including interaction between Diet members and media representatives, the language used by politicians, and the functions that rhetoric performs in the Japanese polity — are examined. The author also investigates how political rhetoric varies according to the circumstances and intended visibility of events; the structure and focus of political news; the language and methods information sources used to disseminate information and put their desired spin on events; and the nuances and tone of language used by Diet members and officials to shape the country’s political culture. The work addresses explicit and implicit meanings of slogans and gaffes; political cartoons in daily newspapers (examples included); the nature of political interviews on Japanese television; and the ways non-Japanese perceive Japan’s views of world events.
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オフェル・フェルドマン
Professor of Political Psychology
Feldman, Ofer was born on February 27, 1954 in Tel Aviv. Arrived in Japan, 1982. Son of Arie and Shulamit Feldman.
Bachelor, University Tel Aviv, 1979. Master of Arts, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tokyo, 1987.
In 1994 he became a Japanese citizen. Since then he has published numerous academic papers in various international journals. In addition, he has published, edited, and co-edited 12 books and monographs on Japanese political behavior and communication, political psychology, political discourse, and political leadership and personality.
He is the 1993 Recipient of the Erik H. Erikson Award for Distinguished Early Career Contribution to Political Psychology, from the International Society of Political Psychology.
Other honors and awards include fellowships from Japan Foundation (1989, 1993), Japanese Ministry of Education (1990–2003, 2008–2011), Matsushita International Foundation (1993-1994), Nomura Foundation (1994), Kikkoman Foundation (1996), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1999–2001), Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (1999), Fulbright (2001–2002), Mershon Center, Ohio State University (2001–2002), Polish Academy of Science, Institute of Psychology & the Warsaw School of Social Psychology (2006), El Colegio de Veracruz, Mexico, (2007), and Lady Davis Fellowship, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2009–2010). He also served as the Chair of the Psycho-Politics Research Committee within the International Political Science Association (tenure 2000-2006.
2012-2015). Currently he lives in Kyoto.
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With Israel Defense Forces, 1973-1976. Member International Society Political Psychology, American Political Science Association, Japan Political Science Association, International Political Science Association.
Married Rie Ote Feldman, February 18, 1988. Children: Utai, Iri.