Media psychology reveals how we are collaborating with using the media in everyday life by qualitative methods.
In the qualitative method, researchers participate in the community and interact with members, to clarify the feature of practice. Psychology has been an increasing number of qualitative studies since the 1990s. These studies began as a study about the workplace, but also began the study about more familiar fan community in the 2000s.
In this lecture, we deepen the discussion about the characteristics of the media use and the community, by picking up the case about the fan community, for example, idol Otaku.
The purpose of this lecture is to derive own opinions and solutions about everyday life activities with academic knowledge and methods.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
Acquiring knowledge and methods to explain and to analyze from an academic point of view about the everyday life practice with artifacts.
media, psychology, qualitative methods, practice
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
This lecture proceeds with group discussion. I will provide the theme every time and consider about it.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Introduction | |
Class 2 | History of J-POP idols | Discussion about the general features of J-POP idols |
Class 3 | Features of live performances of idols (1) | Discussion about the features of live performances of idols |
Class 4 | Features of live performances of idols (2) | Discussion about the features of live performances of idols |
Class 5 | Features of the practices of Otaku communities | Discussion about the culture of Otaku communities |
Class 6 | Discussion to study the case (1) | Practice to explain features of live performances of some groups |
Class 7 | Discussion to study the case (2) | Practice to explain features of live performances of some groups |
Class 8 | Final report | Set a goal on their own, gather information, and summarize in the report on the basis of expertise and experience. |
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Small reports (6 times, each 10%) and the final report (40%)
There is a possibility to limit a number of students in this class. Please participate in the first class.