A technique is provided, which can display objects, such as icons corresponding to a process object which will be subjected to a specific process, at appropriate positions on a screen, thus providing convenience on the part of the user.
A display control device is provided, which can display, on a screen, a plurality of display objects related to a process object to undergo a predetermined process. The device comprises: an object-information acquisition unit that acquires information for identifying the process object; an extraction unit that extracts, from the display objects, some display objects having a specific relation with the process object identified on the basis of the information acquired by the object-information acquisition unit; an importance-information acquisition unit that acquires information representing a degree of importance that the display object extracted by the extraction unit has in connection with display on the screen; and a control unit that displays display the display objects extracted by the extraction unit in accordance with the information acquired by the importance-information acquisition unit in a display region composed of substantially ring-shaped first to n-th regions (n is 2 or a greater integer) concentric to one another, such that a display object having a higher degree of importance than a display object displayed in an x-th region is displayed in an (x−1)th region located inside the x-th region (x is 2 or a greater integer).