Research.

研究プロジェクト

This Lab

We conduct critical analysis of contemporary society with a focus on the gendered, sexualized, classed, racialized dimensions of contemporary media. In particular, we pay an attention to the recent changes in media and communication, particularly those related to digitization.
メディア社会・文化が国境を越え，また物質性を越えて形成されている現状を踏まえ，ジェンダーを含むクリティカルな視点からメディア、テクノロジーの社会・文化分析を行っています。

GCC Research Group

The Gender, Culture, and Communication (GCC) Research Group at Meiji University investigates the complex nature of contemporary media and popular culture with a particular attention to gender and diversity in Japan and beyond. Co-directed by Kyoko Koma & Hiromi Tanaka.
明治大学ジェンダー・カルチャー・コミュニケーション研究グループ（GCC Research Group）はトランスナショナルな文脈で形成される現代メディア文化についてジェンダーの視点を交えて研究しています。

Current Projects

Social media, gender, sexuality
​2019-2022, PI

Funded project on the new social formation through social media and its gendered and sexualized dimensions. JSPS Grant-In-Aid Scientific Research.
科研費基盤C: ソーシャルメディアの広がりとジェンダー規範の形成に関する研究

Apps for community safety
In preparation, Co-I

Project to examine the development and use of safety apps. App development is planned in collaboration with an engineer and a local municipality.
地域の安全のためのアプリ開発とその利用に関する研究、エンジニア・地方自治体とも協働

Digital technology and culture
​In preparation, Co-I

Collaborating with scholars in Japan, UK, and Singapore to start new research on new technology such as AI; in charge of its socio-cultural analysis.
デジタルテクノロジーの社会・文化分析。日英シンガポールの研究者との国際共同研究

Past Projects 

• Gender representation in women's media, funded by Meiji University's Institute of Humanities Joint-Research Fund, 2017-2019, PI
• Gender and sexual representation in manga and the negotiation of gender and sexuality norms among manga fans, funded by Meiji University, 2012-2017, PI
• Demographic change and wellbeing: Individualization of life courses and biographical changes, funded by DIJ, 2008-2011, PI
• Globalization of gender politics and feminist networks, funded by the Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2001-2004, PI; book publication funded by DIJ, 2009
• ​...etc.

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