Social Media
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Yomiuri Accuses A Cook Uploads Cooking Photo On Facebook
Yomiuri Shinbun, the world’s largest newspaper, today reported a new culprit who played over food and social media photo [J]. It is the latest one on the series of the stupid social media users. …
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How Facebook Crossed the Chasm in Japan and Lessons for Other Platforms
Important note: Most of these statements are qualitative in nature. For some statements there’s not enough supporting data. Please read this post with a pinch of salt. In the summer of 2004, a …
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What to do if an earthquake strikes? LINE is the answer
We recently conducted a survey among college students and found that LINE is their most favorite social media platform. Most interestingly when we asked what they would do if there was an earthquake, …
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Japan`s First Social Media Focused Competition Kicks Off
KOBE, September 16, 2012. After successfully holding the 2011 Marketing Competition Japan (MCJ), in which 24 teams from 12 different universities participated, the MCJ committee officially launched …
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One Social Network, Two Different Stories: Qualitative Analysis of Facebook Users in Japan and the US
Since we are getting ready to conduct a large scale cross-cultural survey about social media, as a first step, we qualitatively analyzed how Americans and the Japanese use Facebook. Although …
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Fakes On Annular Solar Eclipse So Buzzed
Last week, Japanese Twittersphere had much debate on the topic how Twitter and social media are weak against disinformation, as a false news site Kyoko-shimbun was criticized by publishing a fake news …
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A Summary of the Latest Studies about Japan & Social Media
2011 was not only a year that changed the geography of Japan but also a year that drastically altered the way Japanese people use social media. Facebook came out of nowhere and increased its user base …
