Political Scandal Comparative Analysis

Political Scandals have been more and more prevalent and significant in political life. The thesis tried to build an open structure to explain the distinguished characteristics of Sexual Scandals in China, Japan and United States with a comparative analysis.Political Scandals are negative events in which political institutions or officials broke some rules with negative reaction from society, after publicized by media. Sexual Scandals are one of the Political Scandals'forms. Sexual Scandals are Political Scandals in with people broke the rule of normal sexual regulations.In China, the core in the process of Sexual Scandals is political investigation. Media plays a subordinate role in the revealing Sexual Scandal, because Chinese media is generated by political system in terms of organization, finance and information. China endures no Sexual Scandal because Sexual Scandal represents moral standards of Chinese politicians, which is the main legitimacy of Chinese Politics.In Japan, the core in process of Sexual Scandals is the reaction of society. Media divided into two parts, one adhere to political system so that this part never produce any negative news about government, the other is influenced by western culture to play a role of supervisor. Japanese has a wide tolerance of Sexual Scandal only if the case didn't influence the image of politician and Japan in international society.In United States, the core in process of Sexual Scandals is both media and political system. Media supervises the government so there are more Sexual Scandals than the other two countries. Media cooperates with political parties so that Sexual Scandals are treated as the weapon to attack political opposites. The congress and courts function well with each other to deal with the politician who is involved in Sexual Scandal. Sexual Scandals represent the trust between electorate and politicians. So who committed sexual transgressions is betrayer of electorate.