(keitai-l) Re: keitai culture in japan

Hello,

In addition to all the great information that's been added below, 
specifically regarding fieldwork, it depends on your personal resources and 
your objectives.  There are companies who would help you with this, but 
there will most likely be a large fee.

If the suggestion for using Metropolis works in getting you respondents, 
you can always do some fairly good free survey work using surveypro 
(www.surveypro.com), which accepts Japanese text as well.  Personally, I'd 
also recommend finding a resource at your university to help you translate, 
and then try to get some responses/insights from some people who aren't 
bilingual (this will make your results a little more representative).  Ads 
can also be placed in Japanese language magazines/newspapers for a moderate 
fee.

Feel free to contact me offline if you'd like to discuss this further.  We 
have a few field studies going on right now that I'd be happy to share the 
methodological details with you if you're interested.

Also, as already suggested, Mimi Ito and Howard Rheingold are two people 
whose work you should definitely follow closely.  Jeff Funk is no slouch 
either.  He's been effectively studying and writing about Japan's mobile 
platform for a while.  And although not specifically studying Japan, Per 
Pedersen in Norway are also doing excellent work in this general area.

Good Luck

-Philip

At 11:12 AM 6/20/2003 +0900, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>My apologies if this has been mentioned already by someone else. There is a
>book that deals (among other things) with keitai culture. Its called "Smart
>Mobs - The next social revolution",  by Howard Rheingold. Mizuko Ito is
>quoted there as well. Plus Justin Hall, Joichi Ito, Japan Inc., Nooper's
>Showcase and so on... The bibliography is well done.
>
>Info about the book here:
>http://www.smartmobs.com/
>
>I ordered it via Amazon Japan and had it in my hands within two days.
>
>Cheers,
>Andrea
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Giovanni Bertani" <giovanni.bertani@exsense.com>
>To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
>Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 10:52 AM
>Subject: (keitai-l) Re: keitai culture in japan
>
>
> >
> > Marcela
> > Mizuko Ito has published some interesting papers
> > on this field. Take a look on her site:
> >
> > http://www.itofisher.com/mito/
> >
> > If you are interested I have been helping a student in compiling an=20
> > interesting
> > thesis at the University of Padua. I can give her contact to you.
> >
> > Here are some not keitai links:
> >
> > http://socio.ch/mobile/index_mobile.htm
> >
> > http://www.telenor.no/fou/program/nomadiske/artikler.shtml
> >
> > Ciao
> >
> > Giovanni
> >
> >
> > Gioved=EC, 19 giu 2003, alle 08:44 Europe/Rome, Marcela Christina=20
> > Musgrove Ch. ha scritto:
> >
> > >
> > > Konnichiwa. I've been lurking on the list for several weeks now and =
> > was
> > > especially interested in the usability and mobile phones discussion=20
> > > last week.
> > > I am a graduate student in human-computer interaction at Georgia
>Tech=20=
> >
> > > currently
> > > doing a workshop in Japanese culture. I am trying to do some=20
> > > ethnographic
> > > fieldwork on keitais and how they are used, but while I have had no=20
> > > problems
> > > finding background information(probably too much at this point),
>have=20=
> >
> > > had
> > > trouble focusing the rest of my project, especially since I can't =
> > speak
> > > Japanese. Don't know if anyone can offer suggestions or insight on=20
> > > doing
> > > fieldwork or how they themselves have seen the keitai affect
>Japanese=20=
> >
> > > culture.
> > > Any help is appreciated...thanks!
> > > Marcela Musgrove
> > >
> > >
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Philip Sidel
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The International University of Japan
Graduate School of International Management
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