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Center for Global Media Studies
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An affiliated center that studies the relationship between international society and the media.
AboutAbout the lab
Opening new research frontiers in international society and media
The Center for Global Media Studies is an organization attached to the Graduate School of Informatics that opens new research areas on international society and media communication.
It focuses on how states, companies, news organizations, and ordinary citizens produce, send, and receive information, and how this relates to the formation of images in international society.
The center works closely with the Global Media Studies Division of the Graduate School of Informatics, which offers master's and doctoral programs. Many of the center's staff also belong to this division and supervise its students.
The center also holds events such as research meetings, international symposiums, and international public lectures.
Key terms
- Traditional media
- Conventional media in the real world, such as newspapers and television
- Global Media Studies Division
- A division of the Graduate School of Informatics, which offers master's and doctoral programs. It works closely with the center
ResearchResearch themes
Digital media in cyberspace is developing rapidly, and traditional media such as newspapers and television are changing significantly, so the international flow of information is expanding. With these changes in mind, the center studies various aspects of international society and media communication.
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The staff of the Center for Global Media Studies consist of full-time faculty and cooperating faculty.As of 2026
- ProfessorHiro Katsumata
- Associate ProfessorNobuhiro Ihara
- ProfessorTatsuhiro Yamamoto
- ProfessorMinoru Karasawa
- ProfessorTakami Yasuda
- ProfessorFuminori Akiba
- Associate ProfessorMinao Kukita
- Associate ProfessorMamoru Endo
- Associate ProfessorAkifumi Goto
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- Top image: “News media covering the "Critical Mass Minneapolis" event held on August 29, 2008 –ahead of the 2008 Republican National Convention ( )” Tony Webster from San Francisco, California / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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