Author Archives: Toshie Takahashi

About Toshie Takahashi

Toshie Takahashi is Professor in the School of Culture, Media and Society, as well as the Institute for Al and Robotics,Waseda University, Tokyo. She was the former faculty Associate at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. She has held visiting appointments at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge as well as Columbia University. She conducts cross-cultural and trans-disciplinary research on the social impact of robots as well as the potential of AI for Social Good. 【早稲田大学文学学術院教授。元ハーバード大学バークマンクライン研究所ファカルティ・アソシエイト。現在、人工知能の社会的インパクトやロボットの利活用などについて、ハーバード大学やケンブリッジ大学と国際共同研究を行っている。東京オリンピック・パラリンピック競技大会組織委員会テクノロジー諮問委員会委員。】

“What Digital Tattoos for Your Child?” @Parenting for a Digital Future by The London School of Economics and Political Science

Young people are often called ‘digital natives’ because they are born in the digital age. However, digital natives are not born with digital literacy; they learn it. And like all learning, this means making mistakes again and again. There are … Continue reading

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Always on and Connected: young people and their mobile social media use in Japan, the US, and the UK @Japan Foundation London

Speaker: Professor Toshie Takahashi Discussant: Dr. Chris Davies abstract How similar are young people in different parts of the world in the way they use digital media? What do they share cross-culturally – and what not? Do cultural differences really … Continue reading

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Digital Natives: Always Connected, Always at Risk?@The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun

The Digital Native Generation and Constant Connection Born into a digital world, the young of today inhabit a world that is markedly different from the previous generation. These “digital natives” or “the constant contact generation”, as they have been called, … Continue reading

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“Social Media and Global Uchi”@ Social Media, The Fourth Annual Transforming Audiences Conference

I talked about Japanese youth and social media in terms of ‘audience engagement’ in the context of globalisation at University of Westminster, September 03, 20131. I demonstrated how Japanese youths strategically manage their use of social media to help them … Continue reading

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“Japanese Youth & Social Media”@ IAMCR 2013

I discussed youths’ social media engagement within the Japanese context at IAMCR in Dublin, 20131.  In my presentation, by using the concepts of high and low context cultures, I demonstrated the reason why Japanese young people are using both American … Continue reading

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“Japanese Youths Engaging with Mobile ICTs: Looking ahead from the Past Ten Years” @ ICA Mobile Preconference 2013

I discussed the engagement of young people with mobile communications At the ICA Mobile Preconference in London on June 16, 20131. In my presentation, I focused on ‘constant connectivity’ via mobile ICTs within the Japanese context.  Drawing on my ethnographic … Continue reading

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