japanjournalЯпонские исследованияJapanese Studies in Russia2500-2872Association of Japanologists; Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences10.55105/2500-2872-2023-1-6-26japanjournal-331Research ArticleСтатьиИзменение в восприятии и отношении японских и российских студентов к стране-соседу (сравнение опросов 2007–2012–2021 гг.)The changes in perceptions and attitude of Japanese and Russian students towards the neighboring country (comparison of polls from 2007, 2012, and 2021)https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6337-3870ЖилинаЛ. В.ZhilinaL. V.

Жилина Лариса Владимировна, кандидат исторических наук, доцент Факультета Филологии,Переводоведения и Медиакоммуникаций 

Омск, пр-т Мира 55‑А

Zhilina Larisa V., PhD in History, Associate Professor, Department of Philology, Translation Studies and Media Communications

Omsk, Mira Str. 55-A

larissa-zhilina@yandex.ruОмский Государственный Университет им. Ф.М. ДостоевскогоРоссияF.M. Dostoevsky Omsk State UniversityRussian Federation20231104202301626Copyright © Жилина Л.В., 20232023Жилина Л.В.Zhilina L.V.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.japanjournal.ru/jour/article/view/331

С увеличением трансграничных образовательных контактов, которые происходят благодаря интернету, возрастает важность получения молодыми людьми объективных,  а не стереотипных представлений об иностранных государствах и их гражданах.

Одной из причин выбора студентов университетов в качестве целевой группы для нашего исследования является тот факт, что образование тесно связано с ростом и развитием нации, что, в свою очередь, укрепляет социальную сплоченность и активную гражданскую позицию молодежи. Кроме того, причина сосредоточения внимания на студентах заключается в том, что именно студенты, которые вскоре станут выпускниками университетов, возможно, неизбежно будут иметь непосредственные связи или опыт в политических вопросах в будущем, и логически предполагается, что они будут влиять на будущую политику своей страны и международные отношения в Азиатско-Тихоокеанском регионе. Основная цель настоящего проекта состояла в том, чтобы изучить изменения в общественном восприятии и отношении японских/российских студентов к России/Японии в период с 2007 по 2021 г. Это исследование не концентрируется на политических событиях, а скорее направлено на мониторинг изменений и различий, которые произошли за последние пятнадцать лет в восприятии образов стран- соседей и в отношении к России/Японии японских/российских студентов, а также на анализ того, что спровоцировало подобное восприятие и реакцию. Эмпирической базой настоящего исследования послужили проведенные в 2007–2021 гг. опросы студентов японских и российского университетов. В последние десятилетия образы стран привлекают пристальное внимание ученых всего мира. Когда мы начали исследование, насколько нам известно, не было информации о других исследованиях по изучению обозначенной выше темы именно среди этой целевой группы – студентов университетов.

Таким образом, данная статья призвана заполнить этот пробел в исследованиях путем изучения и обсуждения упомянутых выше тем.

With the increase in cross-border educational contacts thanks to the Internet, the importance of obtaining objective, rather than stereotypical, ideas about foreign countries and their citizens by young people increases.

One of the several contributory reasons of choosing university students as a target group for our research is the fact that education is closely tied to a nation’s growth and development, which strengthens social cohesion and the active civic participation of the youth. Also, the reason for focusing on students is that it is presumed that university students (future university graduates) would, perhaps inevitably, have firsthand connection or experience with political matters in the future, and so they will influence their country’s future politics and international relations in the Asia Pacific Region.

The main aim of this study was to examine the changes in public perceptions and attitude of Japanese and Russian students towards the other country from 2007 to 2021. This study does not concentrate on political developments, but assesses changes and variations in students’ perceptions, images, and attitudes towards Russia and Japan over the 15-year period, seeking to identify the key events that inspired the identified perceptions and reactions. The surveys of Japanese and Russian university students conducted from 2007 to 2021 serve as the empirical basis for this study.

In recent decades, images of countries have attracted close attention of scholars from around the world. When we launched the study, to the best of our knowledge, there were no other long-term studies that investigated these topics among this target group. This paper aims to fill this scholarly gap in literature by exploring and discussing the above-mentioned topics.

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