Introduction of researcher

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[Name]  Kobayashi Tetsuro
[Date of birth] 
1978/4/9 (30 years old)
[Doctoral degrees]  Ph. D. (Social Psychology) (University of Tokyo)
[Affiliation / Position]  Information and Society Research Division, Assistant Professor
[Telephone]  +81-3-4212-2579
[Facsimile]  +81-3-3556-1916
[E-mail]  k-tetsu@nii.ac.jp
[Personal home page]  http://research.nii.ac.jp/~k-tetsu/official/content_e.html
[Research fields]  Social Psychology
Political Science
Sociology


<> Outline of current research
<> Education
<> Career
<> Awards
<> Teaching positions
<> Courses
<> Academic societies
<> Public activities
<> Most important publications (Top 10)
<> Most important activities (Top 10)
<> Refereed publications, published books
<> Patents / softwares / other works
<> Other publications
<> Speeches and oral presentations
<> Competitive research funds


[Outline of current research] 

Social and Political consequences of ICTs

ICT's impact on social capital

Activation of local communities and ICT usage

ICT's impact on electoral process and voting behavior

Mobile communication among the youth

Consumer behavior and personal communication (word of mouth)

Survey methodology
[Education] 

Mar.2002, Dept. of Social Psychology, University of Tokyo. BA(Social Psychology)

Mar.2004, Gratudate school of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo. MA(Social Psychology)

Mar.2009, Gratudate school of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo. Ph. D. (Social Psychology)
[Career] 

2007 National Institute of Informatics, Information and Society Research Division

2007 The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, School of Multidisciplinary Sciences (concurrent)

2009 Kansai University, The Reseasrch Institute for Socionetwork Strategies (concurrent)
[Awards] 

none
[Teaching positions] 

2007- Part-time lecuturer, Meiji Gakuin University (Psychological statistics)

2007- Part-time lecuturer, Atomi Gakuen Womens University (Social psychology)

2008- Part-time lecuturer, Meiji Gakuin University (Modern society and psychology)

2008-2009 Part-time lecuturer, Meiji Gakuin University (Seminar; Social psychology of consumer behavior)

2008-2009 Part-time lecuturer, Chuo University (Survey methodology)

2008- Part-time lecuturer, Aoyama Gakuin University (International network)

2009- Part-time lecuturer, Gakushuin University (Sicial Psychology)
[Courses] 

Information Society

Introduction to Information Environment Science 1
[Academic societies] 

Association of Internet Research

International Communication Association

International Association of Media and Communication Research

American Political Science Association

Japanese Association of Social Psychology

The Japan Society of Information and Communication Research

Japanese Association of Electoral Studies

Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming

The Behaviormetric Society of Japan

Japan Academy of Advertising
[Public activities] 

none
[Most important publications (Top 10)] 

none
[Most important activities (Top 10)] 

none
[Refereed publications, published books] 

  1. Kobayashi, T. & Ikeda, K. (2009) Selective exposure in political web browsing: Empirical verification of 'cyber-balkanization' in Japan and the U.S. Information, Communication & Society, 12, 929-953.（雑誌論文，査読あり）

  2. Ikeda, K. & Kobayashi, T. (2009) Making democracy work via the functioning of heterogeneous personal networks: An empirical analysis based on a Japanese election study. (In) Ray-May Hsung, Nan Lin, & Ronald Breiger (Eds.) Contexts of Social Capital: Social Networks in Markets, Communities and Families. London: Taylor & Francis. （著書分担執筆）
    http://www.routledge.com/books/Contexts-of-Social-Capital-isbn9780415411172
  3. Shimura, M., Inamasu, K., Kobayashi, T., & Ikeda, K. (2009) Who gains diverse personal networks? The effect ofefforts to maintain existing social ties. Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference 2009, Florida.（国際会議，査読あり）

  4. Kobayashi, T. (2008) "Keitai" divide in Japan: Unanticipated consequences of mobile Internet use. Proceedings of The 5th Asia Pacific Internet Research Alliance Conference (The 5th APIRA held at Lijiang, China. December 20-24, 2008), 129-143.（国際会議，依頼発表）

  5. Kobayashi, T. (2008) The effect of mobile phone e-mailing on homogeneity and density of personal networks: A quantitative survey of Japanese high school students. Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR 9.0), Copenhagen. （国際会議，査読あり）

  6. Kobayashi, T. (2008) Effect of exposure to political web information immediately before voting day: A panel survey study in Japan. International Association of Media Communication Research (IAMCR), Stockholm.（国際会議，査読あり）

  7. Kobayashi, T. (2008) Cyber communities and online trust in Japan. Proceedings of 2008 International Conference on Information Culture (OECD Ministerial Meeting of Future of the Internet Economy, Seoul), 221-230.（国際会議，依頼発表）

  8. Inamasu, K., Ikeda, K., & Kobayashi, T. (2008) Quantitative content analysis about the issues in the 2007 Japanese Upper House Election. Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies, 24(1), 40-47.

  9. Boase, J. & Kobayashi, T. (2008) Kei-Tying teens: Using mobile phone e-mail to bond, bridge, and break with social ties – A study of Japanese adolescents. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 66, 930-943.（雑誌論文，査読あり）

  10. Boase, J. & Kobayashi, T. (2008) Kei-tying teens: Using mobiel phone e-mail to bond, bridge, and break with social ties - A study of Japanese adolescents. Digital Youth in East Asia (Temple University, Tokyo).（国際会議，査読あり）
    http://www.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/news/specialevents/events_2008/events_080607.html
  11. Ikeda, K., & Kobayashi, T. (2008) Social capital as a pan-cultural determinant of the consolidation of democracy: Results from the second wave of the Asian Barometer Survey. Paper submitted for a presentation in Asian Barometer Conference held at Taipei. June 22-23, 2008.（国際会議，査読なし）

  12. Kobayashi, T. & Ikeda, K. (2008) The effect of PC e-mail usage on social tolerance: Focusing on the mediating effect of communication with heterogeneous others. Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, 24, 120-130. [peer-reviewed journal in Japanese]

  13. Kobayashi, T. & Ikeda, K. (2008) Local online communities and social capital –Focusing on heterogeneity of personal network and social tolerance in local communities–. Japanese Journal of Information & Communication Research, 85, 47-58. [peer-reviewed journal in Japanese]

  14. Ikeda, K., Kobayashi, T., & Hoshimoto, M. (2008) Does political participation make a difference? The relationship between political choice, civic engagement and political efficacy. Electoral Studies, 27, 77-88. （雑誌論文，査読あり）
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2007.11.004
  15. Miyata, K. & Kobayashi, T. (2008) Causal relationship between Internet use and social capital in Japan. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 11, 42–52.（雑誌論文，査読あり）
    http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1467-839X.2007.00242.x
  16. Miyata，K., Ikeda, K., & Kobayashi, T. (2008) The Internet, social capital, civic engagement, and gender in Japan. (In) Nan Lin and Bonnie H. Erickson (Eds.) Social capital: An international research program. Oxford University Press. Pp.206-233.（著書分担執筆）

  17. Kobayashi, T., Ikeda, K., & Liu, J. (2007) The effect of social network diversity vs. homogeneity on political tolerance in Japan and Taiwan. Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP), Kota Kinabalu. （国際会議，査読あり）
    http://research.nii.ac.jp/~k-tetsu/official/pdf/AASP2007_kobayashi.pdf
  18. Furutani, K., Kobayashi, T. & Ura, M. (2007) Effects of Internet use on Self-efficacy -Perceived Network-changing possibility as a mediator-. AI & Society.（雑誌論文，査読あり）
    http://www.springerlink.com/content/kwh332122468u50k/fulltext.pdf
  19. Ikeda, K. & Kobayashi, T. (2007) Risk Avoidance and Economic Value Orientation: Functioning of Post-materialist Values in the Pacific Rim Countries. (In) Dalton, Russel (Ed.) Citizens, Democracy and Markets around the Pacific Rim. Oxford University Press, pp 201-222. （著書分担執筆）

  20. Ikeda, K. & Kobayashi, T. (2007) The influence of social capital on political participation in the cultural context of Asia. East Asia Barometer Conference, Taipei.（国際会議，査読なし）

  21. Ikeda, K., Kobayashi, T., & Liu, J. (2007) The effect of social network diversity vs. homogeneity on political participation in Japan and Taiwan. Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP), Kota Kinabalu.（国際会議，査読あり）

  22. Kobayashi, T., Ikeda, K. & Miyata, K. (2006) Social capital online: Collective use of the Internet and Reciprocity as a Lubricant of Democracy. Information, Communication & Society, 9(5), 582-611. （雑誌論文，査読あり）
    http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a758257243~db=all~jumptype=rss
  23. Kobayashi, T. (2006) The effect of mobile phone e-mailing in socialization: Mediating effect of homogeneity and heterogeneity of personal network. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Cairo.（国際会議，査読あり）
    http://research.nii.ac.jp/~k-tetsu/official/pdf/IAMCR_Cairo_kobayashi.pdf
  24. Kobayashi, T. (2006) The Internet as a Tool for Policy Understanding: Investigating the Influence of Internet Use on Japanese Public Opinion. American Political Science Association (APSA), Philadelphia.（国際会議，査読あり）
    http://research.nii.ac.jp/~k-tetsu/official/pdf/APSA2006_kob.pdf
  25. Furutani, K., Kobayashi, T. & Ura, M. (2006) Effects of Internet use on Self-efficacy - A study of the mediation of cognition of network changing possibility -. Social Intelligence Design (SID), Osaka, March. 24-26.（国際会議，査読あり）

  26. Kobayashi, T. & Ikeda, K. (2005) Social consequence of mobile Internet use in Japan. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Taipei, July 26-28.（国際会議，査読あり）
    http://research.nii.ac.jp/~k-tetsu/official/pdf/IAMCR_draft20050711.pdf
  27. Kobayashi, T. & Ikeda, K. (2005) Internet use and network diversity in Japan - Putting political intolerance into perspective -. Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ) 9, Tokyo, June 18-19.（国際会議，査読あり）
    http://research.nii.ac.jp/~k-tetsu/official/pdf/ASCJ2005.pdf
  28. Kobayashi, T. & Ikeda, K. (2004) "Clan" as a source of trust: Ferment of social capital through involving in an online game. Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) 5.0, Sussex, September 19-22.（国際会議，査読あり）
    http://research.nii.ac.jp/~k-tetsu/official/pdf/AoIR5.pdf
  29. Ikeda, K., Kobayashi, T., & Miyata, K. (2003) The Social Implications of Internet Use in Japan: Collective use of Internet can be a Lubricant of Democracy. Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) 4.0, Toronto, October 16-19.（国際会議，査読あり）
[Patents / softwares / other works] 

none
[Other publications] 

  1. Kobayashi, T. (2004) Social embeddedness of "Lineage": Ferment of social capital through involving in an online game. Symposium on "Family, School, & Organization in Korea and Japan”. Department of Psychology, Seoul. February. 20.（国際会議，査読なし）
    http://research.nii.ac.jp/~k-tetsu/official/pdf/korea2004.pdf
  2. Ikeda, K. & Kobayashi, T. (2004) Making democracy work via functioning of heterogeneous personal networks: Empirical analyses based on Japanese election study. Paper prepared for the "International Social Capital Conference: Institutions, Organizations and Communities" held at Tunghai University in Taiwan on December 12-14.（国際会議，査読なし）

  3. Kobayashi, T. Shimura, M., Wu, K., & Shigemasu, E. (2003) Trust and Reciprocity in the Japanese Lineage World. International Collaborative Research on On-line Game & Youth Culture. Yonsei University, Seoul. October 9.（国際会議，査読なし）
    http://research.nii.ac.jp/~k-tetsu/official/pdf/korea2003.pdf
[Speeches and oral presentations] 

none
[Competitive research funds] 

  (1) Grant in aid for scientific research

  none
  (2) Public funding

  none
  (3) Others

  none