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TAKEMURA Tomoko

Department / Course College of Image Arts and Sciences Department of Image Arts and Sciences

Title / Position Associate Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Image Arts and Sciences
2.	Kinugasa Research Organization Creative Media Research Center

Academic background
1.	2014/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Ritsumeikan University Ph.D. in Sociology
2.	～2014/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Applied Sociology │ Graduate School of Sociology │ Ritsumeikan University │ Completed
3.	2008/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Sophia University MA in Journalism
4.	～2010/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Journalism │ Graduate School of Humanities │ Sophia University │ Unfinished
5.	～2008/03	Doctoral Program (1st Semester) │ Journalism │ Graduate School of Humanities │ Sophia University │ Completed
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Business career
1.	2018/04/01 ～ 2018/09/30	│ Faculty of Sociology │ Kansai University
2.	2015/04/01 ～ 2018/03/31	Lecturer │ │ Ritsumeikan University
3.	2014/04/01 ～ 2015/03/31	Visiting Researcher │ Center for Korean Studies │ Ritsumeikan University
4.	2013/04/01	Part-TimeLecturer │ College of Sociology │ Bukkyo University
5.	2011/09/01 ～ 2014/03/31	Part-Time Lecturer │ │ Seisen University

Research activities
1.		Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
2.		Society for Socio-Informatics
3.		Japan Society of Information and Communication Research
4.		Japan Society for Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication
5.		The Japan Association of Comparative Culture

Qualification and license
1.	2013	Social Researcher
2.	2013	Advanced Social Researcher

Subject of research
1.	Studies on Media Uses Behaviors in the Digital Era

Research summary
Studies on Media Uses Behaviors in the Digital Era After the Internet appeared in the world, media continue to digitalize. My research focused on how people’s media uses behaviors are changing and what gratifications people receive by using media in such era. Especially “contents industry” is studied on empirical studies of qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Present specialized field
Entertainment and game informatics, Sociology, Social psychology (Keyword：Media, Uses’ Behavior, Uses and Gratification Research, Korea, Video-Viewing Behavior, Online Media, information gap, digital divide, media repertoires, elderly people)

Papers
1.	2022/10/31	Drivers and Inhibitors of Smartphone Use among the Elderly: Toward Bridging the Digital Divide │ Studies in Comparative Culture │ ,pp.81-94 (Sole-authored)
2.	2013/03	Union Effect on the Use of Non-Regular Labor in Korea. │ (99),pp.149-182
3.	2013/03	Burgeons of Social Governance: Case Studies of the Industry Association of Industry Cluster. │ (99),pp.213-225

Academic conference presentation
1.	2019/06/17	Media Repertoires of Japanese Old Users in the Digital Media Environment (International Telecommunications Society)
2.	2017/09/02	An Empirical Research of News Dissemination through Twitter in Japan (15th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies)
3.	2016/12/03	Study on the Relationship between Twitter Uses and TV Program Viewing
4.	2016/10/21	Uses and Gratification Theory" on Video Viewing Behaviors: Empirical Research on Korean youth and Necessity for Reconstruction of the Theory (JSPS Japan and Korea Research Exchange Seminar)
5.	2013	Comparative Analysis of the Uses of Video-Sharing Websites in Korea and Japan (International Postgraduate and Academic Conference)
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