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Profile Information

Affiliation: Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba

J-GLOBAL ID: 200901043540750350
researchmap Member ID: 1000189039

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Oct, 2018 - Present

Visiting Professor, Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux
Apr, 2018 - Present

Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Education

Sep, 1992 - Mar, 1999

Educational Methodology (Communication), Graduate School of Education, International Christian University
Sep, 1990 - Jun, 1992

Educational Methodology (Communication), Graduate School of Education, International Christian University
- 1990

Education, Faculty of Liberal Arts, International Christian University

Committee Memberships

Nov, 2018 - Present

Guest Editor for Special Issue, Information (International Journal)
Apr, 2018 - Present

Programme Committee, IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-ePart
Apr, 2018 - Present

Programme Committee, Conference on eDemocracy and Open Government
2008 - Present

Country Representative of Japan, Asian Media Information and Communication Centre
Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2021

市民活動SNS構築事業（筑波大学、つくば市、インテル㈱との三者による地域連携活動）, 市民活動SNS構築事業（筑波大学、つくば市、インテル㈱との三者による地域連携活動）
Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2021

Marquis Who's Who in the World, Marquis Who's Who in the World
Apr, 2019 - Apr, 2020

Marquis Who's Who in the World
Apr, 2019 - Apr, 2020

市民活動SNS構築事業（筑波大学、つくば市、インテル㈱との三者による地域連携活動）, 市民活動SNS構築事業（筑波大学、つくば市、インテル㈱との三者による地域連携活動）
Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2018

市民活動SNS構築事業（筑波大学、つくば市、インテル㈱との三者による地域連携活動）, つくば市

Awards

Feb, 2016

2015 BEST FACULTY MEMBER, Teaching/Research/Contribution to Society, University of Tsukuba

Muneo Kaigo
Oct, 2005

Hikotaro Sakamoto Award of Educational Media Study, Japanese Association for Educational Media Study

Kaigo Muneo

Papers

Las posibilidades de la democracia digital en Japón

Kaigo, Muneo

Kōbai Contacto Con Japón, 6 20-26, Nov, 2023
Quality of Social Infrastructures Utilizing Autonomy／Automation Technology

於保鴻一, 岡部康平, 海後, 宗男

Journal of The Japanese Society for Quality Control, 52(4) 239-245, Oct, 2022
Dissatisfaction and alternative information in the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic: Comparing contents in Japanese newspapers with Twitter.

Kaigo, Muneo

Proceedings of the Paris Institute for Advanced Study, 5. https://paris.pias.science/article/RN2_omoyakaigo, 1-7, Apr, 2022 Peer-reviewed
ASIA & THE PACIFIC 03 Leading Japan to Change for a Sustainable Future through Higher Education Initiatives

Kaigo, Muneo, Yamamoto, Hidehiro

IAU Horizons, 26(2) 19-20, Dec, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Exploring the Generational Gap in Facebook Usage among Japanese Online

海後, 宗男

The Journal of New Media and Culture, 12(1) 1-12, Aug, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Data visualization of texts in the transitions of framing Indochinese refugees by Japanese television documentaries

Yuka, Omoya, Akashi, Jun-ichi, Kaigo, Muneo

Quality and Quantity, 54 1363-1384, May, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Suspicion Begets Idle Fears– an Analysis of COVID-19 Related Topics in Japanese Media and Twitter

海後,宗男

SSRN, May, 2020
Game Accessibility and Advocacy for Participation of the Japanese Disability Community

Kaigo, Muneo, Okura, Sae

Information, 11(3) 162, Mar, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Meta-Cognition of Efficacy and Social Media Usage among Japanese Civil Society Organizations

Sagara, Tomoya, Kaigo, Muneo, Tsujinaka, Yutaka

Information, 11(2) 118-118, Feb, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Mediated Human Struggles and Identities among Indochinese Refugees in Japan: A Text Mining of Ten Japanese Television Documentary Narratives

大茂矢由佳, 海後宗男, 明石純一

27th AMIC Annual Conference, Jun, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Advancing Research on Reducing Inequality: the University of Tsukuba Initiative

Yamamoto, Hidehiro, Kaigo, Muneo

IAU Horizons 24(1), 29-30, Apr, 2019
Does Social Media Usage Make Civil Society Organizations Influential?

Kaigo, Muneo, Sagara, Tomoya, Tsujinaka, Yutaka

CeDEM Asia 2018 Proceedings of the International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government, 41-56, Jul, 2018 Peer-reviewed
The Rising Red Bull? Energy Drink Culture Constructed through Media in Japan

Kaigo,Muneo

2017 AMIC 25th Annual Conference, Manila Philippines, 1-25, Sep, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Information Flows in Social Media - Fake news, tension, conflict and hate

Kaigo,Muneo

Asian Conference for Political Communication, 1-25, Sep, 2017 Peer-reviewed
The necessity of digital citizenship and participation

Muneo Kaigo

Information (Switzerland), 8(1) 28-28, Mar 3, 2017
Challenges in SNS Usage by Japanese Local Governments: Evidence from the Tsukuba Civic Activities Cyber-Square

Kaigo, Muneo, 大倉沙江

Journal of International and Advanced Japanese Studies, (9) 31-42, Mar, 2017 Peer-reviewed
"An Analysis of Japanese Local Government Facebook Profiles: Fans and Engagement by Policy Areas"

Kaigo, Muneo, Okura, Sae

CeDEM Asia 2016: Proceedings of the International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government., 67-80, Dec, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Social Media: Disaster and Civil Society

Kaigo,Muneo

Inter Faculty, 7 203-206, Sep, 2016
Social Media and Inclusion for the Disability Community in Japan

Kaigo,Muneo

Proceedings of the 21st Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society., 1-25, Jun, 2016
“Who Leads Advocacy through Social Media in Japan? Evidence from the 'Tsukuba Civic Activities Cyber Square' Facebook Page”

Kaigo,Muneo

66th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, 7(4) 1-25, Jun, 2016 Peer-reviewed

Books and Other Publications

Global Pandemics and Media Ethics: Issues and Perspectives

海後, 宗男, Yuka, Omoya

Routledge, Nov, 2022 (ISBN: 9781003306603)
Data Security, Privacy and Innovation Capability in Asia: Case Studies

Jochen, Roose, Pang, Natalie, Jih-Hsuan, Tammy Lin, 海後, 宗男

) Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia, Aug, 2022 (ISBN: 9789811848223)
Data Security, Privacy and Innovation Capability in Asia: Case Studies

Jochen, Roose, Pang, Natalie, Jih-Hsuan, Tammy Lin, 海後, 宗男

) Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia, Aug, 2022 (ISBN: 9789811848223)
Disability and Social Media. Global Perspectives

Kaigo,Muneo (Role: Contributor, From Awareness to Inclusion: Creating Bridges with the Disability Community through Social Media and Civil Society in Japan)

Routledge, Dec, 2016 (ISBN: 1472458451)
CAJS Monograph Series No. 5 Interconnections: Exploring Relationships through Networks and Hyperlinks

Kaigo,Muneo (Role: Contributor, New Wireless Local Loops for Improving Emergency Communications Systems? Policies on Disaster Networks for Japan after the Great East Japan Earthquake)

Center for International, Comparative, and Advanced Japanese Studies (CAJS) University of Tsukuba, Mar, 2013
"Exploring the Challenge of Mobile Access to Online Reviews and Price Comparison in Japan" In Yutaka Tsujinaka and Leslie M. Tkach-Kawasaki (Eds.), Japan and the Internet: Perspectives and Practices

Muneo, Kaigo, Yutaka Tsujinaka, Leslie M. Tkach-Kawasaki

Center for International,Comparison, and Advanced Japanese Studies, Mar, 2011
「市民エンパワーメントとメディア利用」

川那部保明, 章, 海後宗男, 海後, 宗男

『ノイズとダイアローグの共同体ーー市民社会の現場から』筑波大学出版会, Mar, 2008
「メディアの寡占化とネット空間」

伊藤陽一, 海後宗男, 海後, 宗男

『文化の国際流通と市民意識』慶應義塾大学出版会, Jan, 2007
「アメリカナイゼーションと情報化」

津田幸男, 浜名恵美, 海後宗男, 海後, 宗男

『アメリカナイゼーションー静かに進行するアメリカの文化支配』研究社, Sep, 2004
テレビ報道の機能分析

海後宗男

風間書房, Jan, 1999
Outline: Career Guidance in Japan

Muneo, Kaigo (Role: Sole translator)

日本進路指導学会, Jan, 1988

Presentations

Emotion and evaluation fluctuation towards Covid-19 infection prevention measures during pre and post pandemic Japan

海後, 宗男

SRA Japan 36th Annual Meeting Invited
How is the outlook for strengthening local governments through technology in Japan?

Kaigo, Muneo

CTeC Asia 2023 Invited
Possibilities and Challenges of Digital Social Capital in Japan

Yamamoto, Hidehiro, Kaigo, Muneo

2023 ICA PRECONFERENCE Digital Asia: Authenticity in Communication and Engaged Citizenry
Digital Transformation: Tsukuba SDGs and Innovation on Social Media (I.a: From Science to Society: How to Reach Out Beyond the Academic Circle and Unlock the Sciences?)

Kaigo, Muneo, Yamamoto, Hidehiro

IAU 16th General Conference, Oct 25, 2022, IAU Secretariat - UNESCO
Political Participation through Social Movements in Japan

Kaigo, Muneo

Asian Conference for Political Communication 2022, Oct 12, 2022, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Invited
New Media’s Role in Policy Communication in Japan

Kaigo, Muneo

Asian Conference for Political Communication 2022, Oct 12, 2022, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Invited
Dissatisfaction and alternative information in the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic: Comparing contents in Japanese newspapers with Twitter

Kaigo, Muneo, Omoya, Yuka

WPRN21, Dec 9, 2021, Institut d'études avancées de Paris Invited
Engaging SDGs at the Higher Education Institutional Level

Kaigo,Muneo

Horizons Europe Programme Joint Workshop with the Israeli National Council of Higher Education (CHE), Mar 11, 2021, IAU Invited
「新型コロナウイルス感染症パンデミック宣言前後のツイッターと新聞トピックの比較」

海後,宗男

第1回新型コロナウイルス感染症研究セミナー, Nov 10, 2020, 人文社会国際比較研究機構（ICR）
The Opportunities and Challenges for ICR in building a Sustainable Society

Yamamoto, Hidehiro, Kaigo, Muneo

Tsukuba Global Science Week 2020, Sep 18, 2020, 筑波大学
No ‘One-size-fits-all’ method to approach the SDGs in education: Japan

海後,宗男

HLPF 2020 UN DESA/UNITAR SDGs Learning, Training and Practice Workshops – Session 9: Teaching, Learning and Integrating the SDGs at universities and beyond - Linking to the Decade of Action, Jul 9, 2020, United Nations Invited
Mediated Human Struggles and Identities among Indochinese Refugees in Japan: A Text Mining of Ten Japanese Television Documentary Narratives

大茂矢由佳, 海後宗男, 明石純一

27th AMIC Annual Conference "Communication, Technology, and New Humanism", Jun 17, 2019
Digital Disruptions to State-Society Relations

Kaigo,Muneo

19th Asia-Europe Think Tank Dialogue, Nov 15, 2017 Invited
“Who Leads Advocacy through Social Media in Japan? Evidence from the 'Tsukuba Civic Activities Cyber Square' Facebook Page”

Kaigo, Muneo, Okura, Sae

66th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Jun 8, 2016
Use of Social Media During Disasters and Social Capital: An Analysis of Twitter Usage by the Municipal Government of Tsukuba City, Ibaraki

海後宗男

____http://www.jotsugakkai.or.jp/doc/taikai2011/A1Kaigo.pdf, Jul, 2011
Two-way IP Video Communication: Confronting the Problems and Possibilities

海後宗男

____www.jotsugakkai.or.jp/doc/taikai2009/yokou/ippan/kaigo.pdf, Jun, 2009
情報共有意識のアンビバレンス：情報共有、ファイル交換ソフト利用とリスク

海後宗男

____http://www.jotsugakkai.or.jp/doc/taikai2008/yokou/ippan/Kaigo.pdf, Jun, 2008
ファイル共有ソフト利用に対するリスク観と倫理観－メディアの報道の影響ー

海後宗男

____257-262, Jun, 2007
リスクに対する怒りとマスメディア

海後宗男

Proceedings of the SRA-Japan Annual Conference__19__247-252, Nov, 2006
テレビ暴力番組の子どもの非社会的行動に与える効果の研究

阿久津喜弘, 佐々木輝美, 和田正人, 海後宗男, 渡辺功

____40-41, Jun, 2001

Teaching Experience

Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2021

リサーチ・プログラム開発7 (国際日本研究専攻)
Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2021

リサーチ・プログラム開発8 (国際日本研究専攻)
Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2021

映像文化論 (比較文化学類)
Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2021

Informatics and Society 1 (Informatics and Society 1)
Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2021

文化科学領域比較文化研究 (比較文化学類)
Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2021

Media Research 1 (国際日本研究学位プログラム)
Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2021

文化科学領域卒業論文基礎演習II (比較文化学類)
Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2021

プロジェクト演習1A (国際日本研究学位プログラム)
Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2021

リサーチ・プログラム開発8 (国際日本研究学位プログラム)
Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2021

プロジェクト演習3A (国際日本研究学位プログラム)
Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2021

大学院入門演習2 (国際日本研究専攻)
Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2021

大学院博士入門演習 (国際日本研究専攻)
Apr, 2020 - Jul, 2020

プロジェクト演習2 (国際日本研究専攻)
Apr, 2020 - Jul, 2020

プロジェクト演習3 (国際日本研究専攻)
Apr, 2020 - Jul, 2020

プロジェクト演習4 (国際日本研究専攻)
Apr, 2020 - Jul, 2020

文化科学領域卒業論文基礎演習I (比較文化学類)
Apr, 2020 - Jul, 2020

メディア研究1 (国際日本研究学位プログラム)
Apr, 2020 - Jul, 2020

プロジェクト演習1B (国際日本研究学位プログラム)
Apr, 2020 - Jul, 2020

プロジェクト演習2A (国際日本研究学位プログラム)
Apr, 2020 - Jul, 2020

プロジェクト演習2D (国際日本研究学位プログラム)

Professional Memberships

2001 - Present

THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
2001 - Present

Asian Media Information and Communication Centre
- Present

THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR STUDIES IN JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION
- Present

International Communication Association
JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATIONAL MEDIA STUDY
International Association for Media and Communication Research

Research Projects

機会と結果の政治的不平等に関する総合的実証研究：政治的不平等生成メカニズムの解明

科学研究費補助金基盤研究（A）, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2025

山本英弘
Analysis of the COVID-19 Infodemic: Japanese Media COVID-19 Content Topic Modeling

筑波大学, May, 2020 - Feb, 2021
2018年E-デモクラシー・オープンガバメント国際会議アジア大会開催

電気通信普及財団, Sep, 2017 - Aug, 2018

海後宗男
SNS Usage for Public Information by Municipalities

Cooperative Research, Dec, 2011 - Dec, 2013
求人サイトのマッチングアルゴリズムに関する学術指導

企業からの受託研究, メディア７・ジャパン・インコーポレッド, Jun, 2010 - May, 2011

海後宗男
社会からみた「原子力のリスク・コミュニケーション」

出資金による受託研究, Apr, 2005 - Mar, 2008

中村功
JOINT RESEARCH ON COGNITIVE ANDAFFECTIVE FACTORS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY USE

1999 - 2000
Functions and Dysfunctions of Communication Technology and Broadband Use
Problems and Possibilities of Two-Way Video Communication over the Internet