Faculty Information

■ Specialization and related fields

Sociology (Communication, Information, Media), Social Psychology

■ Academic background

1.	Queensland University of Technology Graduated
2.	Henley Management College (Now: Henley Business School, University of Reading)〔Master Course〕 Completed
3.	Waseda University〔Doctorial Course〕 Completed
4.	Waseda University PhD

■ Business career

1.	2015/04～2017/03	Waseda University Waseda Institution of Asia Pacific Studies Junior Researcher/Assistant Professor
2.	2017/04～2019/03	Waseda University Faculty of Political Science and Economics, School of Political Science and Economics Assistant Professor
3.	2019/04～2023/03	Tsuda University Department of English, College of Liberal Arts Assistant Professor
4.	2023/04～2025/03	Tsuda University Department of English, College of Liberal Arts Associate Professor
5.	2025/04～	Aoyama Gakuin University School of International Politics, Economics and Communication Department of International Communication Associate Professor

■ Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense

1.	2020/04～2024/03	Japan in the age of fake news and populism (Key Word : )
2.	2022/04～2026/03	Information challenges in post-COVID Japan (Key Word : )

■ Book and thesis

1.	Book	Communication Research on Health Disparities and Coping Strategies in COVID-19 Related Crises, Ahmed, R and Mao, Y (Eds) Routledge (Collaboration) 2024/02
2.	Book	Broadcasting in Japan, Mitomo, H. & Kimura, M. (Eds) Springer pp.190 (Collaboration) 2022/11
3.	Book	デジタル変革時代の放送メディア, 民放連研究所客員研究員会 (Eds) pp.157-188 (Collaboration) 2022/11
4.	Book	DX時代の信頼と公共性, 民放連研究所客員研究員会 (Eds) pp.161-196 (Collaboration) 2020/08
5.	Book	大災害と情報・メディア : レジリエンスの向上と地域社会の再興に向けて, 三友仁志 (Eds) pp.77-96 (Single) 2019/03
6.	Book	ソーシャル化と放送メディア, 日本民間放送連盟研究所 (Eds) pp.50-72 (Collaboration) 2016/05
7.	Article	Conspiracy Theories and Their Believers in Contemporary Japan Facts and Contexts Matter, The German Federal Agency of Civic Education (Single) 2024/11
8.	Article	Put Money Where Their Mouth Is? Willingness to Pay for Online Conspiracy Theory Content Telematics and Informatics Reports 14,pp.100141-100141 (Collaboration) 2024/06
9.	Article	News on Fake News: The Framing of Fake News in Japanese Newspapers, 2016-2021 Journal of Information and Communication Research 40(4),pp.67-87 (Single) 2023/05
10.	Article	Effects of Health Literacy in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Infodemic: The Case of Japan Health Communication 37(12),pp.1520-1533 (Collaboration) 2022/05
11.	Article	Japanese Newspaper Portrayals of Refugees—A Frame Analysis from 1985 to 2017 Journal of Refugee Studies (Collaboration) 2022/03
12.	Article	Do Natives Prefer White Immigrants? Evidence from Japan Ethnic and Racial Studies 45(14),pp.2678-2704 (Collaboration) 2022/02
13.	Article	Lesser Evil? Public Opinion on Regulating Fake News in Japan, South Korea, and Thailand – A Three-Country Comparison Telecommunications Policy 45(9),pp.102185-102185 (Collaboration) 2021/10
14.	Article	Research Topics and Trends in Active Learning in Higher Education - A Semantic Network Analysis of Research Papers from 1990 to 2018 Journal of Tsuda University 52,pp.111-129 (Single) 2020/03
15.	Article	Media Usage of Evacuees in a Multichannel Environment Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal 29(3),pp.365-378 (Collaboration) 2019/08
16.	Article	Effects of Media Information on Collective Resilience in a Disaster-A Case Study of the Crisis of Stranded Commuters in Tokyo During the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Asian Journal of Social Psychology (Collaboration) 2018/03
17.	Article	A Genre Analysis of Information and Communications Technologies Research Articles Taiwan International ESP Journal pp.1-25 (Collaboration) 2017/11
18.	Article	The Underlying Factors of the Perceived Usefulness of Using Smart Wearable Devices for Disaster Applications Telematics and Informatics 34(2),pp.528-539 (Collaboration) 2017/05
19.	Article	Cultivation Effects of Mass and Social Media on Perceptions and Behavioural Intentions in Post-Disaster Recovery - The Case of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Telematics and Informatics 33(3),pp.753-772 (Collaboration) 2016/04
20.	Article	The Effects of ICT and Mass Media in Post-Disaster Recovery - A Two Model Case Study of the Great East Japan Earthquake Telecommunication Policy 39(6),pp.515-532 (Collaboration) 2015/07
21.	Article	The Effects of the Use of Mass and Social Media on Post-Disaster Recovery: A Theoretical Framework Journal of the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies 28(28),pp.45-64 (Single) 2014/09
22.	Article	The Effects of the Use of Web 2.0 Applications and Television on Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery:A Case Study of the Great East Japan Earthquake Journal of Information and Communication Research 32(2),pp.51-66 (Collaboration) 2014
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■ Lecturer and lecture

1.	2024/10	Media and Health Literacy in the Digital Age (Waseda-NBTC Training Course Program)
2.	2024/10	Can news media counter a disinformation campaign? A case study of disinformation on Japan’s release of Fukushima treated water (JAMS Fall 2024 Conference)
3.	2024/10	Mass Media and Public Opinion on Disinformation Campaigns (CENS Roundtable)
4.	2024/09	The Effects of Mass Media and ICTs on Social Resilience during and after Crises (CENS Roundtable)
5.	2024/07	Disaster and Fake Information (Waseda-NBTC Training Course Program) (Bangkok/Online)
6.	2023/10	Health Literacy in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Infodemic: The Case of Japan (CENS Workshop on DRUMS)
7.	2021/10	Lesser evil? Public opinion on regulating fake news in Asia (ITS Webinar)
8.	2020/12	Attitudes of Mass Public towards Fake News – A Comparison between Japan, South Korea and Thailand (The 5th TU-CAPS International Conference) (Online)
9.	2017/12	User Acceptance of Niche Technology Applications - A Case Study of Using Smart Wearable Devices for Disaster (MoT Special Seminar)
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■ Academic conference presentation

1.	2024/07	Effects of inoculation against a disinformation campaign: A case study of disinformation over Japan’s release of Fukushima treated water (The 24th Biennial Conference of the ITS, South Korea)
2.	2024/06	Can news media counter a disinformation campaign? A case study of disinformation over the release of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi power station (the 50th Conference of the JSICR、Tokyo)
3.	2023/11	Sentiments of online anti-vaccination endorsements: A case study of Amazon Japan (The 16th ITS Asia-Pacific Conference, Thailand)
4.	2023/08	Do Public Health Crises Dampen Public Support for Immigration? The Case of Japan (ISA Asia-Pacific Region 2023 Conference, Japan)
5.	2023/07	Willingness to pay for online conspiracy theory media content: A case study of Japan (The 48th JSICR conference, Tokyo)
6.	2023/06	Media Information and People's Self-motivated Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic (The 32nd ITS European Conference, Spain)
7.	2022/06	Health literacy and the voluntary adoption of the new normal in COVID-19: The case of Japan (The 31st ITS European Conference, Sweden)
8.	2022/06	Sentiment of COVID-19 conspiracy theory and anti-vaccine endorsements–A text analysis of book reviews on Amazon Japan (The 46th JSICR conference, Online)
9.	2022/06	コロナ禍におけるメディア情報が行動変容に与える影響－拡張並列プロセスモデルに依拠して－ (The 46th JSICR conference, Online)
10.	2022/04	Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Willingness to Pay for Online Conspiracy Theory Content – Evidence from Japan (The 79th Annual Midwest Political Science Conference, Online)
11.	2021/10	Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Willingness to Pay for Online Conspiracy Theory Content – Evidence from Japan (Japanese Politics Online Seminar Series, Online)
12.	2021/06	Health Literacy: A Vaccine for the COVID-19 Infodemic? (44th JSICR conference, Online)
13.	2021/06	The role of synchronous online classes in helping university students to cope with COVID-19 distress (ITS Biennial Conference 2021, Online)
14.	2020/12	Attitudes of Mass Public towards Fake News – A Comparison between Japan, South Korea and Thailand (The 5th TU-CAPS International Conference, Online)
15.	2020/07	Japanese News Media Portrayals of Fake News (The 42nd Conference of JSICR, Online)
16.	2020/07	The New Consensus on Immigration?: Identifying the Racial Undertones of Immigrant Selection Outside the Western Context (Japanese Politics Online Seminar Series)
17.	2020/06	The lesser evil? Public opinion towards regulating fake news in three Asian countries (ITS Europe 2020 Conference, Online)
18.	2019/11	Effects of different media on the sharing of fake news on social media (The 41st Conference of JSICR)
19.	2019/10	Fake news, political scandal, and public opinion - a natural experiment in Japan (The 15th ITS Asia‐Pacific Conference, Thailand)
20.	2019/09	An Analysis of Information and Communications Technologies Research Articles: A Focus on the Discussion Section (ALAK International Conference 2019, Korea)
21.	2018/12	Usage and Perceived images of Mass and Internet Media in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake in Japan (The 3rd TU-CAPS Conference, Thailand)
22.	2018/08	Multi-channel information dissemination for disaster evacuees – the case of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake in Japan (The 29th ITS European Conference, Italy)
23.	2017/12	Can simultaneous multi-screening raise audience’s awareness of social and political issues? (The 2nd TU-CAPS Conference, Thailand)
24.	2017/08	Can Digital Media Enhance Collective Resilience Behaviours in Disasters? A Case Study of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (The 28th ITS European Regional Conference, Germany)
25.	2017/06	Impact of media form on the perceived image of the television news media in the age of media convergence. (The 14th ITS Asia-Pacific Conference, Japan)
26.	2017/06	Simulcast television over the Internet in Japan – public acceptance and policy implications. (The 3rd International Conference on Public Policy, Singapore)
27.	2016/12	Media Information and Collective Resilience in Disasters (The 1st TU-CAPS Conference, Thailand)
28.	2016/12	Perceived Image of the News Media in Simulcast Television – A Study Case of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. (The 37th JSICR Conference)
29.	2016/09	Effects of ICT and media information on collective resilience after disasters – from a virtual crowd to a psychological crowd (The 27th ITS European Regional Conference, UK)
30.	2016/08	Developing an EAP Research and Writing Skills Course for Graduate Students of an Interdisciplinary Programme in Japan (The 8th International Conference on ESP in Asia, Japan)
31.	2016/06	Applications and Social Acceptance of Smart Wearable Devices in Disaster (The 2016 ITS Biennial Conference, Taiwan)
32.	2015/10	The Role of ICT in Collective Resilience in a Time of Crisis (ITS 2015 Regional Conference, USA)
33.	2015/06	Media Dependency, Usage and Trust in a Time of Crisis – A Case Study of the Great East Japan Earthquake (The 32nd JSICR Conference)
34.	2015/06	Media’s Effects on People’s Perceptions and Intentions in Post-Disaster Recovery – a Case Study of the Great East Japan Earthquake (The 26th ITS European Regional Conference, Spain)
35.	2014/06	The Relationship between Simultaneous Multi-Screening, Users’ Knowledge of Social Issues, and Trust towards Media in a Highly Mediated Society (PhD Seminar in the 25th ITS European Conference, Belgium)
36.	2013/10	The Role of ICT and Mass Media in Post-Disaster Restoration and Recovery Progress - A Case Study of the Great East Japan Earthquake (The 24th ITS European Regional Conference, Italy)
37.	2013/08	The Effects of the Use of Web 2.0 Applications and Viewing of Informative Television Programmes on Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery – A Case Study of the Great East Japan Earthquake (The 6th ITS Africa-Asia-Australasia Conference, Australia)
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