Sources of Legitimacy

• Sources for [legitimacy

• I was thinking about Legitimacy is the most important and scarce resource and thought there are two other sources that are prominent in Japan

• 1: Legitimacy by air

• 2: Legitimacy by prominent foreigners

  • This item could be abstracted a bit more, such as "legitimacy by idol"

Legitimacy by air

• Legitimacy through "everyone is doing it"
• Tend to think as if there is a will in an abstract "group of people" rather than in a concrete individual or set of individuals, and to try to follow that will
• It [Assume a homogeneous group of people
  • Influence of isolation during the Edo period or something?
• Cybozu is vaccinating with the phrase "[There is no Mr. Company.
  • Conversely, the phrase "the company thinks it should" tends to be used in Japan
  • A "company" is not a person, there is no such thing as a "company," and therefore a "company" does not have a will.
• It's not just in Japan, FOMO or
• It's also how you gain followers and likes on social networking sites.
  • Staging "Everyone is rooting for you."

Legitimacy by prominent foreigners

• Not limited to prominent foreigners.
  • Take pictures alongside celebrities and politicians.
  • This is another form of "who everyone appreciates".
• I personally didn't see the point in it, but when I got it, I found it produced some real benefits.
  • Mr. Seki took a photo of me and Audrey at Manazuru.
  • I didn't put it on Scrapbox or Twitter, but I thought, "That's the place to put these things," so I put it on Facebook, which I don't usually use much.
  • As a result, it caught Mr. Aono's attention and he said, "Nishio-san is having a conversation with Audrey-san? and it became
• This is a difficult resource to procure, so having it seems to serve as a signal that you "have the power to make it possible to have it."
  • Same as peacock feathers, not beneficial for survival, but serves as a signal of excellence
• Relationships" that are essentially volatile on the spot are reproduced and converted into a distributable existence through the technology of photography, and new "trust" and other forms of trust are gained through the use of these relationships.
  • This is expansion and reproduction of social capital.

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