Taylor & Francis
Japanese Cybercultures - Paperback / softback
Edition: 1st Edition
Subjects: Reference,
Dictionaries
ISBN13: 9780415279192
Published: 09 Jun 1937
Format - Paperback / softback
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Japanese Cybercultures - Paperback / softback
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Japan is rightly regarded as one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world, yet the development and deployment of Internet technology in Japan has taken a different trajectory compared with Western nations. This is the first book to look at the specific dynamics of Japanese Internet use.
It examines the crucial questions* how the Japanese are using the Internet: from the prevalence of access via portable devices, to the fashion culture of mobile phone* how Japan's "cute culture" has colonized cyberspac* the role of the Internet in different musical subculture* how different men's and women's groups have embraced technology to highlight problems of harassment and bullyin* the social, cultural and political impacts of the Internet on Japanese societ* how marginalized groups in Japanese society - gay men, those living with AIDS, members of new religious groups and Japan's hereditary sub-caste, the Burakumin - are challenging the mainstream by using the Internet
Examined from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, using a broad range of case-studies, this is an exciting and genuinely cutting-edge book which breaks new ground in Japanese studies and will be of value to anyone interested in Japanese culture, the Internet and cyberculture.
It examines the crucial questions* how the Japanese are using the Internet: from the prevalence of access via portable devices, to the fashion culture of mobile phone* how Japan's "cute culture" has colonized cyberspac* the role of the Internet in different musical subculture* how different men's and women's groups have embraced technology to highlight problems of harassment and bullyin* the social, cultural and political impacts of the Internet on Japanese societ* how marginalized groups in Japanese society - gay men, those living with AIDS, members of new religious groups and Japan's hereditary sub-caste, the Burakumin - are challenging the mainstream by using the Internet
Examined from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, using a broad range of case-studies, this is an exciting and genuinely cutting-edge book which breaks new ground in Japanese studies and will be of value to anyone interested in Japanese culture, the Internet and cyberculture.
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