Tetsuro Kobayashi

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Name	Tetsuro Kobayashi
E-mail	k-tetsunii.ac.jp
Affiliation	National Institute of Informatics
Section	Information and Society Research Division
Job title	Assistant Professor
Degree	Ph.D (Social Psychology; University of Tokyo)

Profile

Tetsuro Kobayashi is an assistant professor in National Institute of Informatics, Japan. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Tokyo for his study of social consequences of the Internet use in Japan. His research area covers social network theory, social capital theory, and computer-mediated communication. He published his papers in journals such as Information, Communication & Society, AI & Society, Japanese Journal of Social Psychology.

Research Keywords

Social Psychology(197) , Mediated Communication(4) , Mass Communication(41) , Political Communication(4) , CGM(3) , Social Capital(33) , Social network(12) , Social survey(20) , Internet use(3) , Public opinion research(1) , Marketing theory(8) , Voting behavior(4)

Research Areas

Psychology / Social psychology /
Politics / Politics /
Sociology / Sociology /
Informatics / Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics /

Career

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Feb 2012

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Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Department of Communication,

Nov 2011

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Associate Professor, National Institute of Informatics, Information and Society Research Division

Jan 2011

Mar 2011

Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Department of Communication,

Oct 2010

Dec 2010

Visiting Scholar, Rutgers University, School of Communication and Information,

Apr 2006

Mar 2007

Research fellow(DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Prizes

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Feb 2010

Year 2009 special award for thesis "Future Vision of Image Information Media", The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers

Sep 2007

Year 2007 encouraged paper award (joint research by Kobayashi, T. & Ikeda, K.), The Japanese Society of Social Psychology

Nov 2006

The 4th Yoshida Hideo award for financially supported research, second award (joint research by Miyata, K., Ikeda, K., Kim, Z., Shigemasu, E. & Kobayashi, T.), Yoshida Hideo Memorial Foundation

Sep 2006

Year 2006 encouraged paper award (joint research by Shimura, M., Kobayashi, T. & Murakami, F.), The Japanese Society of Social Psychology

May 2004

The 20th anniversary memorial thesis prize (joint research by Kobayashi, T. & Ikeda, K.), The Japan Society of Information and Communication Research

Teaching Experiences

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Introduction to Information Environment Science 1 (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, School of Multidisciplinary Sciences)
Information Society (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, School of Multidisciplinary Sciences)
Information Media (2011-2012 Part-time lecturer, Meiji Gakuin University)
Human Communication (2011 Part-time lecturer, Tokyo Keizai University)
Social Psychology (2010- Part-time lecturer, Rissho University)

Academic Societies

International Communication Association(30) , American Political Science Association(91) , The Japanese Society of Social Psychology(113) , The Japan Society of Information and Communication Research(28) , Japanese Association of Electoral Studies(19) , Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming(24) , The Behaviormetric Society of Japan(55) , Japan Academy of Advertising(16) , Japan Association for Public Opinion Research(1) , Japanese Association for Social Research(4)

Social contribution activity

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<Journal Review> Journal of Communication, Political Communication, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Information, Communication & Society(iCS), Mobile Media & Communication, Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Information Science

Papers

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Mobile communication networks in Japan and America

Boase, J., & Kobayashi, T

China Media Research 8(4) 90-98 Oct 2012 [Refereed]

No such effect? The implications of non-random error in self-report measures of mediated communication

Kobayashi, T. & Boase, J.

Communication Methods and Measures 2(6) 126-143 Jun 2012 [Refereed]

Propensity score adjustment for internet surveys of voting behavior: A case in Japan

Kobayashi, T. & Hoshino, T.

Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies 27(2) 104-117 Dec 2011 [Refereed]

Recreation and participation: Testing the political impact of social interaction

Ikeda, K., Kobayashi, T., & Richey, S.

Social Science Quarterly 93(2) 464-481 Apr 2012 [Refereed]

An automatic question generation method for a local councilor search system

Kimura, Y., Shibuki, H., Ototake, H., Kobayashi, T., & Mori, T.

Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence 26(5) 580-593 Jul 2011 [Refereed]

Political communication in the Internet age: The trend and prospect of media effects research

Kobayashi, T. & Inamasu, K.

Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies 27(1) 85-100 Jun 2011

The empirical study of Japanese deposit withdrawal behaviors on unstable financial environment

Takemura, T., Kozu, T., & Kobayashi, T.

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration 3(2) 293-300 Apr 2011 [Refereed]

Effect of tolerance of reputation-making norms on corporation in social exchanges: An evolutionary simulation on social networks

Suzuki, T. & Kobayashi, T.

Sociological Theory and Methods 26(1) 31-50 Mar 2011 [Refereed]

Bridging social capital in online communities: Heterogeneity and social tolerance of online game players in Japan

Kobayashi, T.

Human Communication Research 36(4) 546-569 Oct 2010 [Refereed]

Breakthroughs in socio-informatics through data-centric science

Kobayashi, T., Ichifuji, Y., Sonehara, N., & Sakauchi, M.

Journal of Socio-Informatics 3(1) 55-68 Sep 2010 [Invited]

Bibliography

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The effects of similarities to previous buyers on trust and intention to buy from e-commerce stores: An experimental study based on the SVS model. In S. Uesugi (Ed.) IT enabled services.

Kobayashi, T. & Okada, H. (Part:Contributor)

Springer, Pp. 19-38. Jan 2013 ISBN:978-3-7091-1425-4

http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/9783709114247-c1.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-1368413-p174676213

Cyber behavior and social capital. In Z. Yan (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior.

Kobayashi, T. (Part:Contributor)

IGI Global: Hershey, PA. Pp. 1063-1073. Mar 2012

ICTs supporting tolerant society: Social psychology in the loosely bridging Internet age [Japanese]

Kobayashi, T.

Taga Shuppan (single authored) Mar 2010 ISBN:9784811575513 C1036

"Reputation", "Digital divide" (In) The Japanese Society of Social Psychology (Eds.) Social Psychology Dictionary. [Japanese]

Kobayashi, T.

Maruzen, Pp. 426-427, 440-441. (coauthored) Jun 2009 ISBN:978621081075

Local community and Internet. (In) Miura, A., Morio, H. & Kawaura, Y. (Eds.) The Frontier of Internet Psychology.　 [Japanese]

Kobayashi, T.

Seishin Shobo, Pp. 218-250. (coauthored) Feb 2009 ISBN:9784414301694

Making democracy work via the functioning of heterogeneous personal networks: An empirical analysis based on a Japanese election study. (In) Ray-May Hsung, Nan Lin, & Ronald Breiger (Eds.) Contexts of Social Capital: Social Networks in Markets, Communitie

Ikeda, K. & Kobayashi, T.

Taylor & Francis, Pp.72-90. (coauthored) Dec 2008 ISBN:9780415411172

The Internet, social capital, civic engagement, and gender in Japan. (In) Nan Lin and Bonnie H. Erickson (Eds.) Social capital: An international research program.

Miyata，K., Ikeda, K., & Kobayashi, T.

Oxford University Press, Pp.206-233. (coauthored) May 2008 ISBN:0199234388

Cluster analysis (In) Ishiguro, I. (Ed.) Analysis of Social Survey Data using Stata. [Japanese]

Kobayashi, T.

Kitaoji Shobo, Pp. 119-132. (coauthored) Apr 2008 ISBN:4762826022

Information environment created by advertisement and personal communications (In) Miyata, K. & Ikeda, K. (Ed.) The Internet changes consumer behavior: The empirical analysis on influence of word-of-mouth [Japanese]

Kobayashi, T.

NTT Publishing, Pp. 18-46. (coauthored) Mar 2008 ISBN:475710233X

Knowtedge gap hypothesis and digital divide (In) Yamada, K., Kitamura, H. and Yuki, M. (Eds.) Light Academism "Understand" series Social Psychology. [Japanese]

Kobayashi, T.

Minerva Shobo, Pp.150-153. (coauthored) Apr 2007 ISBN:4623048128

Conferences

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Maintaining weak tie networks using mobile technology

Boase, J., Kobayashi, T., & Suzuki, T.

Workshop: Living inside mobile social information [non-peer reviewed] 29 Apr 2013

How the relationship between tolerance of reputation-making norms and the selectivity in social exchange affects global cooperation level?

Suzuki, T. & Kobayashi, T.

The Fifth Joint Japan-North America Mathematical Sociology Conference, Denver, August 16, 2012 [査読あり] Aug 2012

Implications of self-report error for mobile communication research: Comparative study of Japan and the U.S.

Kobayashi, T. & Boase, J., & Suzuki, T.

International Communication Association (ICA) annual conference, New media and citizenship in Asia: Social media, politics, and community-building pre-conference workshop, Phoenix, May 24, 2012 [査読あり] May 2012

Role Call - The Role of Mobiles in Relational Roles

Boase, J. & Kobayashi, T.

International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Mobile pre-conference workshop, Phoenix, May 24, 2012 [査読あり] May 2012

Bonding and bridging with multimedia mobile phones: A study using the Communication Explorer smartphone application

Boase, J. & Kobayashi, T.

International Communication Association, Phoenix, May 25, 2012. [査読あり] May 2012

Research Projects (Competitive Research Funds)

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Formation of social capital through the maintainance and re-activation of "weak ties" using smartphones

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: Year 2009-2010 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research for Challenging Exploratory Research <KAKENHI>

Project Year: Apr 2011 - Mar 2012 Investigator(s): (PI) Kobayashi, T.

Social psychological research on reputation circulation through the Internet and social capital

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: Year 2009-2010 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research for Young Scientists (B) <KAKENHI>

Project Year: Apr 2009 - Mar 2011 Investigator(s): (PI) Kobayashi, T.

Empirical research on ICT use in political behavior

The Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications: Year 2009, Humanities and sociology

Project Year: Apr 2009 - Mar 2010 Investigator(s): (PI) Kobayashi, T.

Research on social consequences of ICTs use on multi-layered social capital

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: Year 2007-2008 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research for Young Scientists Start-up

Project Year: Apr 2007 - Mar 2009 Investigator(s): (PI) Kobayashi, T.

Social consequences of the Internet use: Social capital perspective

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: Year 2006 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Research Fellowship for Young Scientist

Project Year: Apr 2006 - Mar 2007 Investigator(s): (PI) Kobayashi, T.