Digital genealogies: Understanding social mobile media line in the role of Japanese families

Kana Ohashi; Fumitoshi Kato; Larissa Hjorth

doi:10.1177/2056305117703815

Digital genealogies: Understanding social mobile media line in the role of Japanese families

Kana Ohashi, Fumitoshi Kato, Larissa Hjorth

Faculty of Environment and Information Studies

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Abstract

This article explores the emergence of the dominant mobile social media platform in Japan, LINE. In particular, the article focuses upon its usage to maintain familial ties, especially between matriarchal connections. Drawing upon ethnographic work with 12 families over 3 years, this article seeks to provide a detailed and nuanced sense of how social mobile media is deployed intergenerationally.

Original language	English
Journal	Social Media and Society
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305117703815
Publication status	Published - 2017 Apr

Keywords

Families
Japan
Mobile media
Social media

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cultural Studies
Communication
Computer Science Applications

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