Yosuke Buchmeier’s review of Push the Button: Interactive Television and Collaborative Journalism in Japan by Elizabeth Rodwell (University of Houston) is now available online in Pacific Affairs.
The review discusses Rodwell’s fieldwork-based account of how Japanese media professionals have experimented with interactive television formats and collaborative journalism initiatives—from broadcaster-led projects to independent platforms. The book highlights both the promise and the limits of audience participation in a rapidly changing media environment. Reflecting on these experiments, the review considers what they reveal about institutional conservatism, technological innovation, and the democratic potential of interactivity within Japan’s media system.
The first 50 readers can access the review via a free e-print here.
