This webinar in the series “De-Westernising Media Literacy: Perspectives on Pedagogies, Practices and Theories of Media Education” discusses the theories, policies and practices of media and information literacy in Japan.
Media Literacy in Japan
13:00–14:00 p.m. CET (“Scandinavian time”), see time zone map
No pre-registration. The link to the webinar room will be available below on the webinar day.
Participants are kindly asked to keep their microphones closed and leave their questions to the chat. Selected questions are answered after each presentation.
The link to the Zoom room will be added below closer to the date.
If you are encountering any technical problems, please contact Knut Risnes, knut.risnes@uib.no.
Programme
Maarit Jaakkola (Nordicom): Welcome (5 min)
Kyoko Murakami: Current Status and Challenge of Media Literacy in Japan (10 min + Q & A), slides
Jun Sakamoto: Disinformation, Conspiracy Theories, and Propaganda – Media Literacy Theories in Japan (10 min + Q & A), slides
Yoko Miyazaki: Approaches to Media and Information Literacy Education Using a Social Media Simulator” (10 min + Q & A), slides
News and announcements, wrap-up (5 min)
Speakers
Kyoko Murakami, PhD, is Director of the Asia-Pacific Media and Information Literacy Education Centre and Lecturer at Hosei University in Japan. She was also former Director and among the founding members of the Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL). Her research interests include media and gender issues in education, children/students’ collaborative activities and cross-cultural/inter-cultural understanding, and MIL and civic participation.
Jun Sakamoto, PhD, is Professor at the Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies at Hosei University in Japan. He is also the Director of a Library Media Specialist Training Course, Hosei University Director of Japan Society for the Study of Basic Education and Literacies (JASBEL), Director of iEARN Japan (JEARN), and a representative of Fukushima ESD Consortium President of Asia-Pacific Media and Information Literacy Education Centre (AMILEC).
Yoko Miyazaki, PhD, takes initiative in promoting media literacy programs for schools and colleges, as well as manages some study sessions on platform reforms and international relations at Media Research Institute of SmartNews since April 2019. Before joining SMRI, she was a director of a consulting company, an deputy director at Cabinet Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
She holds LL.M from University of Tokyo, MPA from Kennedy School, Harvard University and a Doctor of Policy Studies from National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
