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SAKATA Kenji

Department / Course College of Social Sciences Department of Social Sciences

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Sociology

Other Affiliations

Graduate School of Sociology

Academic background
1.		│ Chukyo University Ph.D. (Sociology)

Academic background

Research activities
1.		The Japan Society of Information and Communication Research
2.		Japan Society for Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication

Research activities

Subject of research
1.	Digging up History of Region’s Unique Voice Media
2.	Points of Contact of Memory Sharing and Local Radio
3.	Utilization of Local Radio in Intergenerational Communication
4.	What is Point of Contact Between Region and Radio?

Subject of research

Research summary
History of Audio Media and Studies on Locality and Radio Through field survey, and excavation and analysis of materials, I will study history of wired radio that existed in various parts of Japan, and of locally unique audio media. In particular, this study mainly aims to identify why the audio media was born, who created it, how it historically evolved. So far, I have surveyed and analyzed wired radio, mainly in Hokkaido, and surveyed 'History of wired radio in Hokkaido' at grants-in-aid for scientific research of FY2005 and 'Study on Local Media in Occupied-Okinawa' at grants-in-aid for scientific research of FY2008. Materials on locally unique media were initially only a few, and many of them were discarded, resulting in making it hard to discover them. Under these circumstances, locating few precious materials for analysis has made it clear that media are tightly associated with communities and residents. It is not a simple point of view as civil media, and it is inseparably related to people's desire for media. I consider that I can analyze more deeply the current media situation or relationship between the local communities and media by clarifying what the desire was and what the source had.

Research summary

Present specialized field
Sociology (Keyword：regional media, local media, radio, voice media, cable broadcast, joint hearing, telephone)

Present specialized field

Sociology (Keyword：regional media, local media, radio, voice media, cable broadcast, joint hearing, telephone)

Books
1.	2023/03/31	Social history of Sound and Voice

Books

2023/03/31

Papers
1.	2019/03	Towards the the Study of Social History of Media through Limited Space: The Connection between Prison, News Papers, and Radio │ 54 (4),pp.107-121
2.	2017/03	A Social History of Broadcasting on the Street: Social Relationships between Street Broadcasting and Local Communities in Hokkaido │ 52 (4)
3.	2015/03	How can radio program production contribute to Media Literacy Education? │ 50 (4),pp.177-188
4.	2014/09	The History of a Post-warLocal Broadcasting System at Its Inception and Local Media: Focusing on cooperative relationship between NHK Kitami broadcast station and a local wired broadcaster │ 50 (２),pp.15-28

Papers

2019/03

2017/03

2015/03

2014/09

Academic conference presentation
1.	2017/06/17	A broadcasting on the street as community media.

Academic conference presentation

2017/06/17