Media Convergence in Japan

Media Convergence in Japan book cover

Kinema Club pleased to announce the publication of the new book Media Convergence in Japan, co-edited by Jason G. Karlin and Patrick W. Galbraith. This collection of essays explores the convergences and divergences arising from the digital transition in Japanese media culture. The ebook version has been published for free and open access in PDF,  ePub, and Mobi formats for download from the Internet Archive.  For those seeking a print copy of the book, it is available for order from Amazon’s global network at a reasonable price. This book was an experiment in academic publishing that was made possible through the cooperation of Kinema Club. The editors appreciate the support of the Kinema Club Editorial Collective.

Media Convergence in Japan

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: At the Crossroads of Media Convergence in Japan (Patrick W. Galbraith and Jason G. Karlin)
  1. Precarious Consumption After 3/11: Television Advertising in Risk Society (Jason G. Karlin)
  2. Networking Citizens through Film Screenings: Cinema and Media in Post-3/11 Social Movements (Hideaki Fujiki)
  3. Convergence and Globalization in the Japanese Videogame Industry (Mia Consalvo)
  4. When the Media Do Not Quite Converge: The Case of Fuji TV and Livedoor (Shinji Oyama and Dario Lolli)
  5. Obasan and Kanryū: Modalities of Convergence of Middle-Aged Japanese Women Around South Korean Popular Culture and Gender Divergence in Japan (John Lie)
  6. On Two-Dimensional Cute Girls: Virtual Idols (Yoshida Masataka)
  7. Ensoulment and Effacement in Japanese Voice Acting (Shunsuke Nozawa)
  8. Producing Hatsune Miku: Concerts, Commercialization and the Politics of Peer Production (Alex Leavitt, Tara Knight, and Alex Yoshiba)
  9. The Labor of Love: On the Convergence of Fan and Corporate Interests in Contemporary Idol Culture in Japan (Patrick W. Galbraith)
  10. Anxious Proximity: Media Convergence, Celebrity and Internet Negativity (Daniel Johnson)