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“It’s Now Cool to Share: Japanese youths and their changing relations to video sharing sites”@ICA 2016

Abstracts The practice of uploading one’s videos on video sharing sites may seem commonplace, especially among youths. Based on fieldwork done in Japan between 2010 and 2011, however, it appears that this was the exception rather than the rule among … Continue reading

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“Creating the Self in the Digital Age: Young People and Mobile Social Media”@ Digital Asia Hub

Abstracts While there is a tendency to celebrate children and young people as creative subjects, there is also a tendency to deem them vulnerable targets of media industries. These contradictory characterizations have become even more pronounced with the advent of … Continue reading

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