<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dear Kinema Japan members:</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">I’m pleased to announce the publication of my new book </span><i style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Media Convergence in Japan</i><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">, co-edited with Patrick W. Galbraith. This collection of essays explores the convergences and divergences arising from the digital transition in Japanese media culture. The ebook version has been published for <u class="">free</u> and <u class="">open access</u> in </span><a href="https://archive.org/download/MediaConvergenceInJapan/Media%20Convergence%20in%20Japan.pdf" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">PDF</a><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">, </span><a href="https://archive.org/download/MediaConvergenceInJapan/Media%20Convergence%20in%20Japan.epub" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">ePub</a><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">, and </span><a href="https://archive.org/download/MediaConvergenceInJapan/MediaConvergenceInJapan.mobi" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Mobi</a><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> formats for download from the </span><a href="https://archive.org/details/MediaConvergenceInJapan" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Internet Archive</a><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> For those seeking a print copy of the book, it is available for order from Amazon’s global network at a reasonable price. This book was an experiment in academic publishing that was made possible through the cooperation of Kinema Club. Patrick and I appreciate the support of Markus and Aaron as well as the other members of the Kinema Club Editorial Collective.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><i class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Media Convergence in Japan</b></i></div><div class=""><i class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></b></i></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Table of Contents</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Introduction: At the Crossroads of Media Convergence in Japan</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Patrick W. Galbraith and Jason G. Karlin</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">1. Precarious Consumption After 3/11: Television Advertising in Risk Society</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Jason G. Karlin</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">2. Networking Citizens through Film Screenings: Cinema and Media in Post-3/11 Social Movements</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Hideaki Fujiki</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">3. Convergence and Globalization in the Japanese Videogame Industry</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Mia Consalvo</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">4. When the Media Do Not Quite Converge: The Case of Fuji TV and Livedoor</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Shinji Oyama and Dario Lolli</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">5. Obasan and Kanryū: Modalities of Convergence of Middle-Aged Japanese Women Around South Korean Popular Culture and Gender Divergence in Japan</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">John Lie</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">6. On Two-Dimensional Cute Girls: Virtual Idols</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Yoshida Masataka</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">7. Ensoulment and Effacement in Japanese Voice Acting</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Shunsuke Nozawa</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">8. Producing Hatsune Miku: Concerts, Commercialization and the Politics of Peer Production</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Alex Leavitt, Tara Knight, and Alex Yoshiba</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">9. The Labor of Love: On the Convergence of Fan and Corporate Interests in Contemporary Idol Culture in Japan</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Patrick W. Galbraith</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">10. Anxious Proximity: Media Convergence, Celebrity and Internet Negativity</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Daniel Johnson</span></div></blockquote><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Best regards,</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Jason G. Karlin, Ph.D.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Associate Professor</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">The University of Tokyo</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Tokyo 113-0033 JAPAN</span></div></body></html>