Perceptions of Newspaper Labor Unions in the Tohoku Region on the Local Situation Ten Years after the Great East Japan Earthquake

This document summarized the responses to a questionnaire survey of newspaper labor unions in the Tohoku Region (Japan Federation of Newspaper Workers' Unions Tohoku Regional Federation) regarding their situation 10 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake. This was originally published as an appendix to the article entitled “The Potential for Collaboration between Geography and Local Media: Toward Disaster Prevention and Disaster Reporting in Tohoku Region after the Great East Japan Earthquake" in Quarterly Journal of Geography (Volume 73, Issue 3, pages 178-193, 2021). The survey was conducted from September to October 2020. The questions includes (1) changes in local communities, (2) changes in internal systems and awareness of earthquake and disaster response in your company, (3) changes in the situation and awareness of interview sites for news, (4) changes in the news distribution of disaster and disaster prevention by print newspapers, the Internet, and SNS, (5) changes in corporate responses to disasters, (6) status of BCP formulation, (7) changes in relationships with readers, advertisers, and local communities, and (8) other special remarks and free descriptions. For items (1) through (7), the respondents were asked to add their ratings of somewhat positive, not much change, or somewhat negative. The survey was sent to 11 affiliated unions via the Tohoku Regional Headquarters, and responses were received from six unions in each prefecture except for Akita Prefecture. We received responses from six labor unions in each prefecture except for Akita Prefecture, including responses from labor unions of advertising-related companies as well as labor unions of newspaper companies. Some responses are written with notes saying that they are personal viewpoints of the respondents. All the responses are in Japanese.

本文件概述了针对东北地区（日本报纸工人联合会东北地区联合会）报纸工会进行的问卷调查结果，该调查旨在了解大东日本地震十周年后的状况。该调查结果最初作为《地理学与地方媒体合作潜力：大东日本地震后东北地区防灾与灾情报道》一文的附录发表在《地理学季刊》（第73卷，第3期，第178-193页，2021年）。调查于2020年9月至10月进行。问卷内容涵盖以下方面：（1）地方社区的变化，（2）公司内部系统以及对于地震和灾害应对的认知变化，（3）新闻采访地点的情况和认知变化，（4）通过印刷报纸、互联网和社交媒体进行灾害和防灾新闻报道的分布变化，（5）公司对灾害的应对变化，（6）业务连续性计划（BCP）的制定状况，（7）与读者、广告商和地方社区的关系变化，以及（8）其他特殊评论和自由描述。对于第（1）至（7）项，受访者被要求就其状况的变化添加略为正面、变化不大或略为负面的评分。调查通过东北地区总部发送给11个附属工会，除了秋田县外，每个县的六个工会均收到调查回复。除了报纸公司的工会外，我们还收到了广告相关公司的工会回复。部分回复中附有说明，指出这些是受访者的个人观点。所有回复均为日语。