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Muneo Kaigo

University of Tsukuba

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Professor

About me

Chair for the Doctoral Program for International and Advanced Japanese Studies (2018-2020)

Chair for the Master's and Doctoral Program for International and Advanced Japanese Studies (2020-2022)

Director for the Institute for Comparative Research in Human and Social Sciences(2018-)

Asian Media Information and Communication Centre Country Representative of Japan

Recepient of 2015 Best Faculty Member Award, University of Tsukuba

List of papers, books and where I have talked

Research Fields

Digital Democracy and Participation

Non-traditional Security Issues and Risk/Crisis Communication

Information and Network Society  (Media Communication)


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Books, Reports
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Articles, Conf. papers
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Theses Advisor
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Awards, Funding

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Works

Selected publications for your perusal if you are interested...

Meta-Cognition of Efficacy and Social Media Usage among Japanese Civil Society Organizations. Information. 11. 118. 2020 10.3390/info11020118.

Social Media and Civil Society in Japan, Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature) 2017.

From awareness to inclusion: Creating bridges with the disability community through social media and civil society in Japan. Social Media and Disability: Global Perspectives (Katie Ellis and Mike Kent (eds.)) Routeldge, 2016

Exploring fluctuations in citizen engagement on a local government Facebook page in Japan. Telematics and Informatics/2015-08 doi:10.1016/j.tele.2015.07.011

Social Media for Enhancing Civil Society and Disaster Relief: Usage by Local Municipalities in Japan. eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government/7(1)/pp.1-22, 2015-10 https://doi.org/10.29379/jedem.v7i1.371

Internet Aggregators Constructing the Political Right Wing in Japan. eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government 5(1), pp. 59-79. 2013 https://doi.org/10.29379/jedem.v5i1.184

Muneo Kaigo (2012) Social Media Usage During Disasters and Social Capital: Twitter and the Great East Japan Earthquake. Keio Communication Review No. 34, pp. 19-35.

Contact Me

University of Tsukuba KOKUNICHI 1-1-1 Tennoudai Tsukuba IB 305-8571 Japan

Phone: +81 (0)29-853-4037

Email: mkaigo(a) japan.tsukuba.ac.jp

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