An Empirical Study of Changes in Pring Media as Knowledge Infrastructure

• Project/Area Number: 25280120
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
• Research Institution: Toyo University
• Principal Investigator: Toda Shinichi 東洋大学, 社会学部, 教授 (10183493)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 影浦 峡 東京大学, 大学院情報学環・学際情報学府, 教授 (00211152) ; 海野 敏 東洋大学, 社会学部, 教授 (80232891)
• Research Collaborator: SHIMURA Ruri 東京大学, 大学院教育学研究科 ; YAMADA Shohei 東京大学, 大学院教育学研究科
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥8,060,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,860,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 情報メディア / 出版 / 知識基盤

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Print media have occupied the privileged status of the knowledge infrastructure before the advent of electronic media. We chose bestsellers, publisher's paperback series, and university textbooks as the most typical modern print media and investigated these books in detail from the point of (a) physical characteristics, (b) quantitative aspects of language, (c) logical structure of the text and (d) market values. We analyzed the data statistically and clarified empirically the chronological changes in print media in Japan since WWII.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Physico-symbolic traits of Japanese bestsellers since WWII (2015)
  • Author(s): Shohei Yamada, Rui Shimura, Bin Umino, Shin'ichi Toda and Kyo Kageura
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of A-LIEP Volume: 6 Pages: 134-148
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] The Structural Characteristics of the Japanese Paperback Book Series Shinsho (2016)
  • Author(s): Ruri Shimura, Shohei Yamada, Shin’ich Toda, Bin Umino, Kyo Kageura
  • Organizer: 7th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Library and Information Education and Practice
  • Place of Presentation: Nanjing, China
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Physico-symbolic characteristics of the Japanese paperback book series Shinsho: A descriptive study, (2016)
  • Author(s): Shohei Yamada, Ruri Shimura, Bin Amino, Shin’ichi Toda and Kyo kageura
  • Organizer: 7th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Library and Information Education and Practice
  • Place of Presentation: Nanjing, China
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 知識を記述する文字記号の図書の紙面における表れ方及びその経年的変化：戦後ベストセラーを対象にして (2014)
  • Author(s): 山田翔平, 志村瑠璃, 影浦峡, 戸田愼一, 海野敏
  • Organizer: 第62回日本図書館情報学会研究大会
  • Place of Presentation: 梅花女子大学（大阪府）
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-29
• [Book] 電子書籍と電子ジャーナル (2014)
  • Author(s): 日本図書館情報学会研究委員会（編）
  • Total Pages: 174
  • Publisher: 勉誠出版