Research Studies on the Formation and Change of Interpersonal Relations in Informational Network

1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 05451043
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: 社会学(含社会福祉関係)
• Research Institution: International Research Center for Japanese Studies
• Principal Investigator: HAMAGUCHI Eshun International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Research Dept., Professor, 研究部, 教授 (50030036)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ARAKI Isao Bukkyo University, Dept.of Sociology, Professor, 社会学部, 教授 (20097869) ; KASHIOKA Tomihide International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Research Dept., Assocciate P, 研究部, 助教授 (40142591)
• Project Period (FY): 1993 – 1995
• Keywords: Informational Network / Internet Communication / On-line / Off-line Meeting / Electoronic Forum

Research Abstract

On the Project 1, "Research on the Ways of Communication in Informational Network", we made a survey of communication forms in new media such as B-ISDN,ATM,and Data Base.
On the Project 2, "Experimental and Research Studies of Functional Connection between Informational Network and Interpersonal Relationship", we found the relational tendency to have an intimate interaction among the members of Internet Communication group by the analysis of recorded data of on-line intercommunication. That is, by the research on content of utterances of the members in an Electronic Forum, we could confirmed the formation of a new kind of social group and the process of its change. We can guess the reason why they need the off-line meeting based on a face-to-face contact.