Research keywords (4):
gender
, intimacy
, digital technology
, media
Research theme for competitive and other funds (10):
2024 - 2026 Technology-facilitated sexual harms
2021 - 2024 The Construction of Gender Norms in National and Transnational Digital Media Spaces
2019 - 2024 The rise of social media and the construction of Gender and Sexuality Norms
2020 - 2023 Emotional AI in Cities: Cross Cultural Lessons from UK and Japan on Designing for An Ethical Life
2017 - 2019 Gender representation in a Japanese women's magazine, an an
2012 - 2014 Women's political participation and policy change
2010 - 2011 Empirical research on family factors that promote women's political participation
2010 - 2010 International German-Japanese Symposium: Life Course in Flux
2001 - 2004 Japanese women's networks in a global era
2002 - 2002 Fieldwork on transnational women's networks
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Papers (16):
Ho, M. H. S., & Tanaka, H. Following Naomi Osaka and Rui Hachimura on Social Media: Silent Activism and Sport Commodification of Multiracial Japanese Athletes. Social Media + Society. 2023
H, M. H. S & Tanaka, H. How Nissin Represented Naomi Osaka: Race, Gender, and Sport in Japanese Advertising. Communication & Sport. 2022. 10. 4. 594-615
The youth's social media use and gender. Information and Communication Studies. 2021. 20. 95-110
H. Tanaka, K. Koma. Gender representation in contemporary media: Changing images of women in a women's magazine, an an. Memoirs of Institute of Cultural Sciences, Meiji University. 2020. 87
Hiromi Tanaka. Gender issues in communication: Old and new challenges. Journal of Japan Association of Physical Education for Women. 2019. 62. 2019.12-1. 12-15
Comparing romantic AI companions in Japan and China: Anime fantasy, gendered embodiment, and Asian posthumans
(74th Annual ICA Conference Gold Coast, Australia 2024)
Negotiating visibility through voice: Japanese digital feminism using podcasts
(74th Annual ICA Conference Gold Coast, Australia 2024)
Platformization and Gender
(Annual Spring Meeting of the Japan Association for Media, Journalism and Communication Studies 2024)
Comparing romantic AI companions in Japan and China: Anime fantasy, gendered embodiment, and Asian posthumans
(Research Conference and Workshop on Gender, Youth, and Media in Asia, The Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore 2024)
Azuma Hikari, My Healing Bride: Tracing Gender and Human-Machine Intimacies in Contemporary Japan
(73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference 2023)
2014/04 - 現在 Meiji University School of Information and Communication Associate Professor
2022 - 2023 University of Amsterdam Visiting Researcher
2011/04 - 2014/03 Meiji University School of Information and Communication Assistant Professor
Committee career (2):
2024/02 - 現在 Editorial Board member, International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure (Springer Nature)
2023/02 - 現在 Editorial Board member, Book Series, Technology, Power & Society (De Gruyter Brill)
Awards (3):
2014/11 - Srinakharinwirot University Best Paper Award, International Interdisciplinary Symposium, Knowledge Construction through the Lens of Social and Cultural Diversity
2011/12 - Encouragement Award, Encouragement Program for Promoting Gender and Low Fertility Research, Hodogaya Foundation
2001/04 - Heinrich Boell Foundation Doctoral Research Fellowship/Scholarship (3 years)
Association Membership(s) (5):
International Communication Association
, Japan Society for Sport and Gender Studies
, International Society for Gender Studies
, The Japan Sociological Society
, International Sociological Association