Fwd: Abe Seminar on Japanimation Media Mix and Kids

[Aaron Gerow]

From: Takuya Toda <taktoda at gol.com>
Subject: Abe Seminar on Japanimation Media Mix and Kids

**************ABE FELLOWSHIP SEMINAR*******************

		Play in an Age of Digital Media:
   Children?s Engagements with the ?Japananimation? Media Mix

Speaker: Ito Mizuko
Visiting Associate Professor
Graduate School of Policy and Media Studies, Keio University

Moderator:Naoki Ueno
Senior Research Scientist
National Institute for Educational Policy Research

The increasing impact of international media on the socialization of
young children has raised public concern as parents, educators, and
policy makers debate violence in video games, pornography on the
Internet, and marketing directed at kids. What children get from
popular culture and how families should manage media consumption
at home is highly controversial in Japan and the United States.
  Dr. Ito will discuss her ethnographic research in Tokyo about networks
of relationships, technologies, and cultural content, focusing on the
cases of Yugioh, the cartoon hero so popular with young boys, and
comic books (manga) for girls. She will examine the triangle of children,
parents, and media industries as a defining dynamic in the lives of
Japanese and American youngsters. How do kids identify with media
content? What effect does the media have on peer relations and the
interaction of parents and teachers? How are video games, the Internet,
and mobile phones linked to changes in production, distribution, and
consumption of children?s media? Dr. Ito will offer answers to these
and other questions posed by the digital era.

When?	Friday, April 12, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
	An informal reception follows.

Where?	The Japan Foundation Conference Hall, ARK Mori Bldg.,
	East Wing, 20F, 1-12-32 Minato-ku, Tokyo

Note: 	The presentation will be in English.
	Simultaneous interpretation will be available.

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Seating is limited. RSVP by sending this form by fax or email.
Your colleagues and friends are also welcome.

Fax: (03) 5562-3504	Email: ssrcABE at gol.com

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Note: The colloquium is jointly sponsored by the Social
Science Research Council Tokyo Office and the Japan
Foundation Center for Global Partnership.

Contact:
SSRC Abe Fellowship Program Tokyo Office
Tel: (03) 5562-3506	Email: ssrcABE at gol.com