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Global Media Studies Lab (Ihara)
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The lab examines international politics through the lenses of ASEAN and disinformation.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding international politics through information and the media
Associate Professor Nobuhiro Ihara of the Global Media Studies Lab studies regional cooperation in Southeast Asia and countermeasures against disinformation from an international relations perspective.
The current research topics listed are the history of Japan's image diplomacy, disinformation, and ASEAN studies.
Ihara belongs to the Center for Global Media Studies, affiliated with the Graduate School of Informatics, and is listed as a faculty member of the Global Media Studies Lab in the Department of Social Informatics.
Key terms
- Disinformation
- False information; untrue information spread with the intent to deceive people
- ASEAN
- Abbreviation for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, an international organization through which Southeast Asian countries cooperate
- POFMA
- Abbreviation for Singapore's Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies international politics, mainly in Southeast Asia. Its main subjects are legal regulation of disinformation, regional cooperation such as ASEAN, and Japan's diplomacy toward Southeast Asia.
*Illustrative imageLegal regulation of disinformation and information manipulation
This theme analyzes how legal regulations and literacy education against online disinformation and information manipulation are created and enforced in Singapore. POFMA is among the subjects studied.
*Illustrative imageASEAN and regional cooperation
This theme studies how the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) conducts regional cooperation. The professor also takes part as a co-investigator in a joint study comparing regionalism around the world.
*Illustrative imageHistory of Japan's image diplomacy
This theme historically examines Japan's diplomacy toward Southeast Asia, such as Takeo Fukuda's tour of the region, from the perspective of how Japan sought to build its image.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorNobuhiro Ihara
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “ASEAN Nations Flags in Jakarta 3” Gunawan Kartapranata / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Legal regulation of disinformation and information manipulation: “Parliament House Singapore” TteckK. / Public domain (cropped)
- ASEAN and regional cooperation: “Flags of ASEAN Nations fly by Saigon River” Nat4Eben / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- History of Japan's image diplomacy: “Kasumigaseki 1 and 2 chome, Chiyoda” Miyuki Meinaka / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Global Media Studies Lab (Goto)): “Classroom technology 1541042” EHackett / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Katsumata Lab): “ASEAN Heritage Building Meeting room” Kementerian Perdagangan Republik Indonesia / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Global Media Studies Lab (Yamamoto)): “2019-Thai-election Polling-station IMG 8248e” Per Meistrup / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Akiba Lab): “HKU University of Hong Kong Museum and Art Gallery Exhibition hall TT Tsui Building June 2017 IX1 09 visitors” Akw OHhaks / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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