Blog- Just published: the final UN report on “A Future with AI – Voices of Global Youth”
- Panelist at the AI Governance Series: “Toward Human-Centric AI: The Japanese Model”
- Talk on “Making Human First AI & Robots: Theory and Practice” @ Future Robotics Organization
- Launching the UN “A Future with AI” project
- Panelist at the UNICEF’s Global Forum on AI for Children
- Keynote speech at the Kick-off event of the Center for Mathematical Science and Artificial Intelligence, Chubu University.
- Panelist at the Information Communication Forum
- UNESCO and Boston Consulting Group’s AI Conference
- Keynote Speech at the AI Expo Africa
- invited talk on “Trust and the Smart City: a view from Project GenZAI (Moonshot R&D project)” @ RO-MAN 2021
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Category Archives: Mobile Media
Invitation to the “Should Robots Be Our Friends?” conference @Boston University
I enjoyed giving my talk entitled “The Complexity Model of Communication in the AI Age: the case of Japanese Engagement with Artificial Intelligence and Robots in Everyday Life” at the “Should Robots Be Our Friends?” conference @Boston University The Aim … Continue reading
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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
Posted in Culture and Communication, Facebook, impression management, Instagram, Line, Mobile Media, Social Media, Twitter, Uchi, Youth and Media
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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
Always on and Connected: young people and their mobile social media use in Japan, the US, and the UK @Japan Foundation London
Speaker: Professor Toshie Takahashi Discussant: Dr. Chris Davies abstract How similar are young people in different parts of the world in the way they use digital media? What do they share cross-culturally – and what not? Do cultural differences really … Continue reading
Digital Natives: Always Connected, Always at Risk?@The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun
The Digital Native Generation and Constant Connection Born into a digital world, the young of today inhabit a world that is markedly different from the previous generation. These “digital natives” or “the constant contact generation”, as they have been called, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture and Communication, Facebook, Line, Mobile Media, Social Media, Twitter, Uchi, Uncategorized, Youth and Media
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“Japanese Youth & Social Media”@ IAMCR 2013
I discussed youths’ social media engagement within the Japanese context at IAMCR in Dublin, 20131. In my presentation, by using the concepts of high and low context cultures, I demonstrated the reason why Japanese young people are using both American … Continue reading
Posted in Culture and Communication, High and Low Context Cultures, Line, Mobile Media, Social Media, Twitter, Uchi, Youth and Media
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“Japanese Youths Engaging with Mobile ICTs: Looking ahead from the Past Ten Years” @ ICA Mobile Preconference 2013
I discussed the engagement of young people with mobile communications At the ICA Mobile Preconference in London on June 16, 20131. In my presentation, I focused on ‘constant connectivity’ via mobile ICTs within the Japanese context. Drawing on my ethnographic … Continue reading
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