3S
List of seminars
Angelo Ishi Seminar
Media and Society in the Global Era
Through interview surveys and fieldwork, we study everything from media events like the Olympics to the attitudes of foreigners living in Japan. Recent examples include the booklet "Meets -Mitsu-," which interviewed people who faced border barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and "Attention Please," which interviewed Ukrainians and Russians living in Japan about their feelings.
Mamoru Ichikawa Ichikawa Seminar
Creating content that changes society with the "power of communication"
You will learn the skills to communicate overlooked social issues and ideas that should be shared with the world. Through seminars, you will work on reporting and producing content and evaluating its social impact. Why not acquire communication skills that will be useful not only for those who want to pursue a career in journalism or creativity, but also for those who choose to work in a company or government agency?
Atsushi Udagawa
Media Design and Media Literacy in the Digital Society
We critically analyze and explore the technology and design of the digital media that surrounds our lives. Our research focuses on the social role of media, such as why "fake news" spreads, what is privacy in online advertising, and can Google searches be trusted?
Nobuyuki Okumura Seminar
Producing the news and understanding the news
They will plan, interview, shoot, narrate, compose and edit the content themselves, and post the content, which combines video, text and photos, on websites and Instagram. They will also learn how to prevent misinformation, and post their own fact-checks on TikTok and other platforms.
Eiki Kikuchi Seminar
Conducting fieldwork on cultural phenomena unique to the digital society
Today's society is often referred to as the "digital society" or "information society," and digital data and information are highly valued. We will explore the "interesting" aspects of cultural phenomena that are unique to this society, primarily using qualitative research methods such as going into the field to observe and interviewing the people involved. Participants will be asked to choose from a wide range of cultural phenomena to study, including people's behavior on social media, the way content is consumed today, and the changes being made to urban and traditional cultures by digital technology.
Ichiro Kogawa Seminar
Quantitative analysis and content analysis of social media
Social media is a place where people's voices are directly reflected. By conducting quantitative text analysis and content analysis, we can discover various things about what is being said there. Let's analyze data from places that are familiar to our daily lives, such as Instagram and YouTube.
Masahiko Shoji Seminar
Sociology of information and data
Students will gain a broad understanding of the changes in technology, society, and business associated with the development of the information society, and will improve their ability to use data throughout the entire process, from setting questions about domestic and international social issues and business to research planning, analysis, policy planning, and presentation. Students will also hold joint presentations with seminars from other universities and visit internet companies.
Cho Kyongho Seminar
Digital Social Research and Text Mining
Students will learn how to collect and analyze digital data. By using the power of computers to process the vast amount of digital text data available on the Internet and elsewhere, students will search for clues to understand the "fragments" of complex modern society. Students will choose the specific "fragments" they will work on.
Ryo Hayashi Seminar
Clarifying the past and present of consumer society through empirical research
Based on each student's interests, they will learn how to write academic texts and how to sublimate their interests in an academic form through workshops and group reading of papers and books related to consumer society theory, urban and regional community studies, historical sociology, media history, etc. In addition, as a place to present the results of this learning, all seminar members will create and distribute a zine.
Motoko Harihara Seminar
Social psychological research on culture and social networks
We use a social psychology perspective to analyze how people are influenced by various social and cultural values, norms, and beliefs. Our research subjects and empirical methods are diverse, ranging from network analysis to content analysis of various media such as television, magazines, song lyrics, and SNS, to observing people's behavior on the street.
Katsuya Minamida Seminar
Popular Music, People, and Society
Students choose their own topic and write a research-style report on social analysis of music. Students tackle a variety of topics, including consumption trends of rock T-shirts, life histories of Western music tastes, interviews with indie labels, participant observation of anime song clubs, and analysis of pop song lyrics.