Category Archives: Youth and Media

Article: “Japan UK Technology and Humanity in Education 2019″, organized by the embassy of Japan UK in Nikkei Veritas magazine (in Japanese)

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Toshie Takahashi

This is the article about “Japan UK Technology and Humanity in Education 2019″, organized by the embassy of Japan UK, published by Nikkei Veritas magazine (in Japanese).

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Publication: Academic Article entitled, “Artificial Intelligence/Robots and Social Impacts: Is Human First Innovation Wishful Thinking? ” (in Japanese)

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Toshie Takahashi

I’m delighted to announce that my article entitled, Artificial Intelligence/Robots and Social Impacts: Is Human First Innovation Wishful Thinking? has been just published by Journal of Information Systems Society of Japan, Vol.14, No.2. (2019) in Japanese Abstracts The aim of this … Continue reading →

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Invitation to the the Japan UK Technology and Humanity in Education 2019 by the Embassy of Japan UK

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Toshie Takahashi

March 1st, 2019. It’s a great honor to be invited to the Japan UK Technology and Humanity in Education 2019, organized by the Embassy of Japan UK. I gave a talk entitled, “Human First Innovation: Balancing Opportunities and Risks of … Continue reading →

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Invitation to Keynote Speech @ The Society of Socio-Informatics (SSI) Conference

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Toshie Takahashi

On September 16, 2017. I was invited to The Society of Socio-Informatics (SSI) Conference in Tokyo. I gave a Keynote speech, entitled “Digital Wisdom: Towards the AI Society”. It’s a great honor that Prof. Jun Yoshida, Vice President of SSI … Continue reading →

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“It’s Now Cool to Share: Japanese youths and their changing relations to video sharing sites”@ICA 2016

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Toshie Takahashi

Abstracts The practice of uploading one’s videos on video sharing sites may seem commonplace, especially among youths. Based on fieldwork done in Japan between 2010 and 2011, however, it appears that this was the exception rather than the rule among … Continue reading →

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“Creating the Self in the Digital Age: Young People and Mobile Social Media”@ Digital Asia Hub

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Toshie Takahashi

Abstracts While there is a tendency to celebrate children and young people as creative subjects, there is also a tendency to deem them vulnerable targets of media industries. These contradictory characterizations have become even more pronounced with the advent of … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Toshie Takahashi

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

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Toshie Takahashi

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

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Toshie Takahashi

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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