Tadamasa Kimura


  • Welcome to my homepage. I am Professor at Department of Communication and Media Studies, College of Sociology, Rikkyo University (a.k.a. St. Paul University in Japan). Thank U for your visit!
  • My former position was Professor at Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo and Head of Dept. of Cultural Anthropology there.
  • Main research areas of my work are as follows:
    • Formation, structure and societal effects of online public opinion (Net Yoron, in Japanese).
    • Empirical and critical examination of Digital Natives.
    • Empirical and critical examination of Digital Divide.
    • Log data analysis of smartphone use and social data.
    • Ethnographic study of CMC (computer-mediated communication) and its sociocultural effects, esp. based on hybrid methods approach and communicative ecological approach.
    • Theoretical investigation of the meaning of deindustrialization and the role of ICT in its process.
  • Short Biography is here.
  • Currently, these articles in English are available online.
  • My curriculum vitae is also available in English. Please click here to look through my CV (abrv). Its comprehensive version is here.
  • I put certain amount of contents in Japanese. So, if your computer is able to read Japanse characters and if you are interested in what I am and what I am doing, try to drop in at my homepage in Japanse.