Faculty Database - TANAKA Hiromi

■ Books and Papers

1.	2025/08	Article	Artificial intelligence's sexual politics: Three modes and the case of Japan Technology, Power & Society: Global Perspectives on the Digital Transformation, edited by D. Nguyen, J. Zeng & B. Mutsvairo (in press) (Collaboration)
2.	2023/11	Article	Following Naomi Osaka and Rui Hachimura on Social Media: Silent Activism and Sport Commodification of Multiracial Japanese Athletes Social Media + Society (Collaboration)
3.	2023/02	Book	Diversity and Creativity in Digital Society: Gender, Media, Art, and Fashion (Collaboration)
4.	2022/08	Article	"How Nissin Represented Naomi Osaka: Race, Gender, and Sport in Japanese Advertising." Communication and Sport 10(4),pp.594-615 (Collaboration)
5.	2022/01	Book	Gendered Cityscapes (Collaboration)
6.	2021/04	Book	Media Studies of Looking/Being-looked-at-ness (Collaboration)
7.	2021/02	Book	Critical Words: Media Theory (Collaboration)
8.	2021/03	Article	"The youth's use of social media and gender." Information and Communication Studies (20),pp.95-110 (Collaboration)
9.	2020/07	Book	International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media and Communication (Collaboration)
10.	2020/03	Article	"Gender Representation in Contemporary Japanese Media: Changing Images of Women in a Women’s Magazine, an an." Memoirs of the Institute of Cultural Sciences, Meiji University 87 (Collaboration)
11.	2019/12	Article	"Gender issues in communication: Old and new challenges." Women's Physical Education 62(Dec/Jan 2019),pp.12-15 (Single)
12.	2018/12	Article	"Towards a reconstruction of gender and media studies." Japanese Journal of the International Society for Gender Studies 16,pp.34-46 (Single)
13.	2018/05	Book	Global Leisure and the Struggles for a Better World (Collaboration)
14.	2017/05	Book	Body Studies
15.	2016/09	Book	Equating Gender: Explorations in the Asia-Pacific pp.106-119 (Collaboration)
16.	2015/01	Article	"Enjoying manga as fujoshi: Exploring its innovation and potential for social change from a gender perspective." International Journal of Behavioral Science 10(1),pp.77-85 (Collaboration)
17.	2014/01	Book	Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (Collaboration)
18.	2013/06	Article	"Parental well-being and the sexual division of household labor: A new look at gendered families in Japan." Asiatische Studien/Etudes Asiatiques LXVII(2),pp.401-428 (Collaboration)
19.	2013/03	Article	"Youth's Manga Reading and the Reception of Gender Images: The Case of Readers of "SLAM DUNK." Journal of Information and Communication Studies pp.1-15 (Single)
20.	2013/02	Book	Beyond a Standardized Life Course: Biographical Choices about Work, Family and Housing (Collaboration)
21.	2013/02	Other	"Social inequalities and Single-Parent Families: Why Japan-Korea Comparison and Gender Analysis Matter." Mathesis Universalis pp.90-92 (Single)
22.	2012/03	Article	"Individualization of marriage and work life choices: A study of never-married employed women in Hong Kong and Tokyo." Asian Women 28(1),pp.85-119 (Collaboration)
23.	2010/12	Article	"Identifying and Explaining Ambiguities and Ambivalences in Middle Adulthood: The Life Story of Ms K." BIOGRAPHY AND SOCIETY: Newsletter of the RESEARCH COMMITTEE 38 OF THE ISA (December 2010),pp.17-32 (Single)
24.	2010/11	Article	"International Migration and the State: Nurse Migration from Korea to Germany." Mathesis Universalis pp.87-119 (Collaboration)
25.	2009/12	Article	"A Japanese Way of Life in Change: Marriage and Work in Women's and Men's Lives." Japanstudien 21,pp.351-359 (Single)
26.	2009/12	Article	"Stated Desire versus Actual Practice: Reviewing the Literature on Low Fertility." Japanese Studies 29(3),pp.415-430 (Single)
27.	2009/04	Book	Japanische Geschlechterpolitik und Frauennetzwerke im Zeitalter der Globalisierung (Single)
28.	2008/12	Article	"State Feminism and Female Bureaucrats." Japanese Journal of International Society for Gender Studies pp.149-162 (Single)
29.	2007/12	Book	Gender Dynamics and Globalization: Perspectives on Japan within Asia (Collaboration)
30.	2004/06	Article	"Conceiving and Researching Women's Networks in Globalisation." Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies 8(1/2),pp.18-37 (Single)
31.	2004/01	Article	"Equal employment in contemporary Japan: A structural approach." PS: Political Science & Politics 37(1),pp.66-66 (Single)
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■ Conference Presentations

1.	2024/06/22	Negotiating visibility through voice: Japanese digital feminism using podcasts (74th Annual ICA Conference Gold Coast, Australia)
2.	2024/06/16	Platformization and gender (Spring Annual Meeting of Japan Association for Media, Journalism and Communication Research, Symposium 2: Platform Capitalism)
3.	2024/02	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)
4.	2023/05	Azuma Hikari, My Healing Bride: Tracing Gender and Human-Machine Intimacies in Contemporary Japan (73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference)
5.	2022/10/15	Digital intimacy in human–machine relationships: Gendered representations in fiction and beyond (EMTECH Conference: Narrating Emotional Closeness between Humans and Machines in Japanese (Popular) Culture and Literature)
6.	2022/05/13	Romancing AI: Gender and new digital intimacies in contemporary Japan (Conference: Artificial Intelligence and the Human?: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Science and Fiction)
7.	2020/09/13	Digital technology and gender: Social media's new opportunities and risks (Annual Meeting of the International Society for Gender Studies 2020)
8.	2019/06/29	Construction and representation of the body: Towards an analysis of the body, sport and diversity
9.	2018/09/01	Towards a reconstruction of gender and media studies (Annual Meeting of the International Society for Gender Studies 2018, Roundtable 2: Gender and media in an era of social media)
10.	2018/07/05	The sexualization of Japanese women in a global postfeminist era (The 22nd Biennial Conference of ASAA 2018)
11.	2017/08/31	Redefinition of femininities and rigidity of gender norms: Discussant's comment (The 15th International Conference of EAJS)
12.	2016/09/11	Gender and Media Reconsidered (Annual Conerence of the International Society for Gender Studies)
13.	2016/07/11	The meaning and purpose of leisure activities of manga/anime fans called fujoshi: Contradictions and ambivalences in a Japanese women's fan community (The Third ISA Forum of Sociology)
14.	2014/11/04	Enjoying manga as fujoshi: Exploring its innovation and potential for social change from a gender perspective (International Interdisciplinary Symposium: Knowledge Construction through the Lens of Social and Cultural Diversity)
15.	2014/11/04	Sexual stratification in a digital age (International Interdisciplinary Symposium: Knowledge Construction through the Lens of Social and Cultural Diversity)
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■ Academic Qualifications

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Ruhr-Universität Bochum, PhD in Sociology

■ Academic Associations Membership

1.		International Communication Association
2.		The Japan Sociological Society
3.		Japan Association for Media, Journalism and Communication Studies
4.		International Society for Gender Studies
5.		The Japan Society for Sport and Gender Studies

■ Social Activities

1.	2022/08	Lecturer, Online Seminar: Social Media Literacy, Gender Equality Bureau, Itabashi Ward, Tokyo
2.	2019/03	Writer of a column as an advisor on diversity and inclusion, a Mitaka City's magazine "Shall We?"
3.	2018/11	Commentator, a morning show, Asa-ichi on NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) General TV

■ Research Topics, Consignment Studies & KAKENHI Researches

1.	2021/04～2025/03	Construction of gender norms in national and transnational digital media spaces (Key Word : digital technology, artificial intelligence, emotion, ethics)
2.	2020/01～2023/09	Emotional AI in Cities: Cross Cultural Lessons from UK and Japan on Designing for An Ethical Life (Key Word : digital technology, artificial intelligence, emotion, ethics)
3.	2019/04～2023/03	Social media and the construction of gender norms (Key Word : gender, intersectionality, social media)
4.	2016/04～2019/03	Gender representation in women's magazines (Key Word : gender, media, sexualization, popular culture, Japan)

■ Committees and Associations

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2020/06～

Gender Equality Council, Meguro Ward, Tokyo Council Member

■ Web Sites

https://researchmap.jp/hiromitanaka

https://www.hiromitanaka.net/

■ Award History

1.	2014/11	Best Paper Award, International Symposium: Knowledge Construction through the Lens of Social and Cultural Diversity, Srinakharinwirot University
2.	2011/12	Encouragement Award, Encouragement Program for Promoting Gender and Low Fertility Research, Hodogaya Foundation

■ Current Specialized Field

Sociology, Gender studies (Key Word：gender, sexuality, media, popular culture, digital technology, artificial intelligence)

■ KAKENHI Researcher Number

70611739