Fwd: VSJF Conference: Japan and Germany in the Media Age

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Please find below the updated program of the 2001 Annual Conference of
the German Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF). The
conference will be conducted in German. For more information and program
details, please see the VSJF website: www.vsjf.net.

     Japan and Germany in the Media Age
     NEW MEDIA AS OBJECT AND DRIVING FORCE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
     CHANGE

     Annual Conference of the German Association for Social Science
     Research on Japan (VSJF)

     December 14 16, 2001
     Japan German Center Berlin



Friday, December 14

Welcome and Introduction

Volker Klein (JDZB)
Franz Waldenberger (Munich University)
Klaus Vollmer (President, VSJF)

Session one: Media and popular culture

Volker Grassmuck (Humboldt University, Berlin):
The History of the Information Society in Japan (Die Geschichte der
Informationsgesellschaft in Japan)

Marc Loehr (Yamaguchi National University):
Producing Newspapers in Japan - Historical Development and Recent
Tendencies (Zeitungmachen in Japan - Historische Entwicklung und
gegenwaertige Tendenzen)

Barbara Gatzen / Hilaria Goessmann (University of Trier):
Television as Mirror and Motor of Social Change in Japan - Shaping a New
Image of Japan's Asian Neighbours? (Fernsehen als Spiegel und Motor
gesellschaftlichen Wandels Ein Paradigmenwechsel in der Darstellung
der asiatischen Nachbarlaender?)


OPEN SESSION

VISIONS OF SOCIETY IN THE AGE OF NEW MEDIA GERMAN AND JAPANESE
PERSPECTIVES
Panel discussion with German and Japanese speakers from business, media,
and academia


Saturday, December 15

Session two: Economy

Friederike Bosse (Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg):
The Impact of the Internet on Subcontracting Relations in Japanese
Industry (Der Einfluss des Internet auf die Zulieferbeziehungen in der
japanischen Industrie)

Kerstin Teicher (Bertelsmann Corporation):
The Japanese Media Market. Structure and Future Potential (Der
japanische Medienmarkt. Strukturen und Entwicklungspotenziale)


Session three: Society

Karen Shire (Duisburg University) / Ilse Lenz (Bochum University):
New Media at Work and the Transformation of Gender Relations (Neue
Medien in der Arbeit: Geschlechterverhaeltnisse im Wandel)

Wolfram Manzenreiter (Vienna University):
PHS, Keitai, i-mode: The Informatisation of Daily Life (PHS, Keitai,
i-mode: Die Informatisierung des Alltags)


Parallel sessions by VSJF organized sections

Education - Cultural Studies -  Media & Popular Culture
Politics - Sociology - Urban & Regional Studies - Economics

VSJF business meeting


Sunday, December 16

Session four: Politics

Patrick Koellner (Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg):
Shadow Politics, Informal Rules and the Media in Japan (Schattenpolitik,
informelle Regeln und die Medien in Japan)

Verena Blechinger (German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo):
Japanese Politicians Online - Election Campaigning in the Digital Era
(Japans Politiker und das Internet - Wahlkampf im digitalen Zeitalter)


Session five: Education

Yasuo Imai (University of Tokyo):
The Debate on (New) Media and Education in Japan (Zum Verh?tnis von
(Neuen) Medien und Paedagogik. Der Stand der japanischen Diskussion)

Irene Langner (University Witten/Herdecke):
Learning with the Internet in Japanese and German Schools (Lernen mit
dem Internet in japanischen und deutschen Schulen)


General Discussion
Concluding Remarks


--
Dr. Verena Blechinger
Deputy Director
Head of the Social Science Section
German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ)
Nissei Kojimachi Bldg.
3-3-6 Kudan-Minami, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0074 JAPAN

Tel. 3-3222-5146
Fax  3-3222-5420

www.dijtokyo.org


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