Sociology: Professor

Degree: Ph D, MA.Soc., B.Soc., University of Tsukuba

Research Interests:

There are three themes to my current research interests: Television cultures (Television Archives) ; visual sociology; and Contemporary Cultural Studies.

Principal Publications (in Japanese):

1. •Ishita, S. (1998) Yomeisei to iu Bunka Sochi (Celebrity as Cultural apparatus), Tokyo: Keiso Sobo.
   

2. •Ishita, S. & H. Ogawa(eds) (2003) Quiz Bunka no Syakaigaku (Sociology in Quiz Culture), Kyoto: Sekai Shiso Sya.
   

3. •Ishita, S., Kimura, K. & C. Yamanaka(eds) (2007) Post-Hanryu no Media Syakaigaku (Media Sociology in Post-Korean Waves), Kyoto: Minerva Shobo.
   

4. •Ishita, S., Murata, M., K. & C. Yamanaka(eds) (2013) The Popular Culture Museum: Collecting, Sharing, and Consuming Cultures, Kyoto: Minerva shobo.
   

5. •P. D. Marshall (1997=2002) Celebrity and Power : Fame in Contemporary Culture, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, , translated into Japanese by Ishita, S., Tokyo: Keiso Sobo.
   

Principal Publications (in English):

1. •Ishita, S. (2000) 'Television Genre and Audience: Quiz Shows in Japanese Television' in Studies in the Humanities, 52, Osaka City University, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, pp 25-38.
   

2. •Ishita, S. (2002) 'Media and Cultural Studies in Japanese Sociology: An Introduction', International Journal of Japanese Sociology, vol.11, pp 2-4.
   

3. •Ishita, S. (2003) '"Sacred Families"in Japanese Tabloid Television', Urban Culture: Traditional and Contemporary, vol.1, University of Gadjah Mada & Osaka City University, Urban Culture research Center, pp 62-77.
   

4. •(PRESENTATION) The Global Millionaire Texts & Audiences Project, Session, Television Genre Studies and Discourse on Realities, International Symposium: Cultural Typhoon, Waseda University, 29 June. 2003
   

5. •(MISCELLANEOUS) Video Presentation: The Images of "Multi Cultural" from Cafe Broadcast "Tele-re", International Academic Forum 2004: Symposium on Coexistence in the Multicultural City, University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 2004
   

6. •(MISCELLANEOUS)Limited Special Event for Video Screening, Video Project: "Street Cultures in Yogyakarta" by Students and Staff of FSMR-ISI, "Street Cultures in Osaka" and "Media & Everyday Life" from Cafe broadcast "Tele-re" selected by Saeko Ishita, at the Modern School of Design, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 2004
   

Research Projects:

2008-2011:Expansive research on archive construction and networking of TV Visual Data.

(JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)

2005-2007: Archive Construction of TV Visual Data: a Search of the Analysis Method.

(JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)

2006-2009: Ethnographic Video Collection

(http://ucrc.lit.osaka-cu.ac.jp/movie/)

2008-2011: Sustainable Archives for Media & Cultures

(http://ucrc.lit.osaka-cu.ac.jp/movie/samc/)

2009-2012:Mannensya Collection Research Project     (http://ucrc.lit.osaka-cu.ac.jp/mannensha/)

Membership of academic societies:

1985-  The Japanese Sociological Association.

1988-  The Japanese Association of Mass Communication.

1988-  The Japanese Association of Semiology.

1993-  British Sociological Association.

2000-  Asia Pacific Sociological Association.

2004-  International Association for Cultural Studies.

Research Experiences:

1. •1993
   

2. Visiting Research Scholar, Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, College of Cardiff, University of Wales, UK.
   

3. •2001
   

4. Visiting Associate Professor, Communication Studies Department, Northeastern University, Boston MA., USA.
   

5. •2003-2004
   

6. COE Program member, research at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Bangkok, Thailand, Sub-center of Urban-Culture Research Center (UCRC), Osaka City University.
   

7. •2012
   

8. Visiting Scholar, Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster.