Keio University's Institute for Media and Communications Research promotes research projects financed by its own research funds as well as special donations to the Institute.
During FY2004, the Institute continued to support the following four research projects: “Media Stereotyping,” “Power and Journalism,” “Internet Development and Civic Culture in Japan,” and “Content Distribution in the Asia and Pacific Regions.” In addition to these research projects, which were launched several years ago, the Institute has functioned since 2003 as a research unit for a large research project entitled the 21st Century COE Program, funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science (MEXT).
The results of these research projects were published in the Japanese language journal, Keio Media and Communications Research, No. 55, 2005. 3 and the English language journal, Keio Communication Review, No. 27, 2005. 3. These journals are available as well (See the institute’s URL below). A series of books entitled the Dynamics of a Civic Society in a Multicultural World consisting of a total of 15 volumes were published as a result of the 21st Century COE Program. The 14th and 15th volumes were published by the researchers of our Institute.
