The Dispute Over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

   • Thomas A. Hollihan

   Pages 1-19

3. Configuring a Threatening Other: Historical Narratives in Chinese School Textbooks

   • Shubo Li

   Pages 21-50

4. Historical Narratives in Japanese School Textbooks

   • Hiroko Okuda

   Pages 51-79

5. Fanning the Flames of Public Rage: Coverage of Diaoyu Islands Dispute in Chinese Legacy Media

   • Zhan Zhang

   Pages 81-118

6. Public Opinion on Weibo: The Case of the Diaoyu Islands Dispute

   • Miao Feng, Elaine J. Yuan

   Pages 119-140

7. How the Japanese Legacy Media Covered the Senkaku Controversy

   • Takeshi Suzuki, Shusuke Murai

   Pages 141-168

8. How the Japanese Social Media Users Discussed the Senkaku Controversy

   • Shusuke Murai, Takeshi Suzuki

   Pages 169-199

9. US Media Coverage of the Diaoyu/Senkaku Dispute

   • Thomas A. Hollihan

   Pages 201-230

10. Media Diplomacy: Public Diplomacy in a New Global Media Environment

    • Patricia Riley

    Pages 231-244

11. Conclusions

    • Thomas A. Hollihan

    Pages 245-255

12. Back Matter

    Pages 257-317

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The small unpopulated islands in the East China Sea that the Chinese call the Diaoyu and the Japanese call the Senkaku, have long been a source of contention. This volume will undertake an examination of the controversy as it plays out in legacy and new social media in China, Japan, and the West.

• Diplomacy
• environment
• Nation
• public opinion
• social media

Miao Feng, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Shubo Li, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway Shusuke Murai, New York University, USA Hiroko Okuda, Kanto Gakuin University, Japan Patricia Riley, University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, USA Takeshi Suzuki, Meiji University, Japan Elaine J. Yuan, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Zhan Zhang, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland

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