<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="">Dear Markus and Aaron,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It was a real delight to read the introduction to this book and see what you have done with KineJapan and peer review outside the normal publishing system. I wonder if you are planning for that to be a regular function of KineJapan for like-minded projects?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All best,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bruce</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline-block; width: 711.46875px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""></span><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>KineJapan <br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, June 17, 2016 4:43:10 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[KineJapan] New Book: Media Convergence in Japan</font><div class=""> </div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Dear Kinema Japan members:</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">I’m pleased to announce the publication of my new book<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Media Convergence in Japan</i><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">, 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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class="">free</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class="">open access</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in </span><a href="https://archive.org/download/MediaConvergenceInJapan/Media%20Convergence%20in%20Japan.pdf" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">PDF</a><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">, </span><a href="https://archive.org/download/MediaConvergenceInJapan/Media%20Convergence%20in%20Japan.epub" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">ePub</a><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">, and </span><a href="https://archive.org/download/MediaConvergenceInJapan/MediaConvergenceInJapan.mobi" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Mobi</a><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"> formats for download from the </span><a href="https://archive.org/details/MediaConvergenceInJapan" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Internet Archive</a><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"> 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 class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><i class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Media Convergence in Japan</b></i></div><div class=""><i class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></b></i></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Table of Contents</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><blockquote class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Introduction: At the Crossroads of Media Convergence in Japan</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Patrick W. Galbraith and Jason G. Karlin</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">1. Precarious Consumption After 3/11: Television Advertising in Risk Society</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Jason G. Karlin</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">2. Networking Citizens through Film Screenings: Cinema and Media in Post-3/11 Social Movements</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Hideaki Fujiki</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">3. Convergence and Globalization in the Japanese Videogame Industry</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Mia Consalvo</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">4. When the Media Do Not Quite Converge: The Case of Fuji TV and Livedoor</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Shinji Oyama and Dario Lolli</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">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 class="" style="font-size: 14px;">John Lie</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">6. On Two-Dimensional Cute Girls: Virtual Idols</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Yoshida Masataka</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">7. Ensoulment and Effacement in Japanese Voice Acting</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Shunsuke Nozawa</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">8. Producing Hatsune Miku: Concerts, Commercialization and the Politics of Peer Production</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Alex Leavitt, Tara Knight, and Alex Yoshiba</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">9. The Labor of Love: On the Convergence of Fan and Corporate Interests in Contemporary Idol Culture in Japan</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Patrick W. Galbraith</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">10. Anxious Proximity: Media Convergence, Celebrity and Internet Negativity</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Daniel Johnson</span></div></blockquote><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Best regards,</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Jason G. Karlin, Ph.D.</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Associate Professor</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">The University of Tokyo</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Tokyo 113-0033 JAPAN</span></div></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">KineJapan mailing list</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.osu.edu" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">KineJapan@lists.osu.edu</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; border-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; border-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Bruce Baird<br class="">Associate Professor<br class="">Asian Languages and Literatures<br class="">University of Massachusetts Amherst<br class="">Butô, Japanese Theater, Intellectual History<br class=""><br class="">717 Herter Hall<br class="">161 Presidents Drive<br class="">University of Massachusetts Amherst<br class="">Amherst, MA 01003-9312<br class="">Phone: 413-577-4992<br class="">Fax: 413-545-5876<br class=""><a href="mailto:baird@umass.edu" class="">baird@umass.edu</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; border-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; border-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Now out in paperback and e-book:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh</i>:</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; border-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9780230120402" class="">http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9780230120402</a></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div>
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