Reading of 上 in the sentence:じょう or うえ


I was reading the
[news](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200531/k10012452431000.html) when I
saw the sentence with 上で (see the sentence with highlight).

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KyTaj.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KyTaj.png)

I was thinking if it should be read as うえ or じょう。I am inclined to read this as
じょう because it doesn't fit into the expression うえで which shows that something
happens _after_ one thing, but at the same time, I am not 100% sure because I
haven't seen じょう (which probably means "being of the type of" based on
rikaikun add-on) in this context before.

Sure, I have seen じょう in contexts presented in
[here](https://japanesetest4you.com/flashcard/learn-
jlpt-n2-grammar-%E3%81%98%E3%82%87%E3%81%86-jou/) where it means "for the sake
of, from the standpoint of" but I don't think the sentence in question falls
under this category of じょう。




You are of course correct to consider the various more grammatical usages of
上, but in this case, its meaning happens to have a fairly direct
correspondence to one of its simpler/normal translations into English, of
"on".

インターネット上（で） is an expression, where 「上」 is read 「じょう」, meaning " **on** the
Internet". I have less commonly heard an equivalent expression インターネット **の**
上（で） where the 「上」 read 「うえ」.

The relevant clause in the text「急きょ制作した動画をインターネット上で公開し」therefore simply says
that they made the rapidly-produced video available on the internet.




You are of course correct to consider the various more grammatical usages of
上, but in this case, its meaning happens to have a fairly direct
correspondence to one of its simpler/normal translations into English, of
"on".

インターネット上（で） is an expression, where 「上」 is read 「じょう」, meaning " **on** the
Internet". I have less commonly heard an equivalent expression インターネット **の**
上（で） where the 「上」 read 「うえ」.

The relevant clause in the text「急きょ制作した動画をインターネット上で公開し」therefore simply says
that they made the rapidly-produced video available on the internet.

