Summary
Mayuko Watanabe (渡辺 真由子, Watanabe Mayuko, born 1975) is a Japanese journalist and media scholar specialized in media literacy, gender and sexuality.[1] She had been a Senior Researcher and lecturer at Keio University Research Institute. Her research interest through nearly 20 years of career including as a TV news reporter has been the way of regulatory policy of obscene expressions. She has published research and provided media commentary on the topics of media communication and literacy of Japanese obscene content.
Mayuko Watanabae (渡辺 真由子, Mayuko Watanabe) | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 |
| Education | Keio University Simon Fraser University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist Media Scholar |
In 2017, Mayuko Watanabe was awarded a doctoral degree from Keio University and subsequently published a book based on her doctoral thesis. However, it was later revealed that a significant portion of the book consisted of unattributed quotations and plagiarized content. Similarly, her doctoral thesis was also found to be plagiarized. As a result, the publishing company Keisho Shobo discontinued the book and initiated a recall. In March 2018, Keio University revoked her doctoral degree.[2]
Works edit
Watanabe works on the Japanese Government to apply a concept of "Dignity in Obscene Expression" to its regulatory policy. She has served as a lecturer of Internet moral education for Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and also as a lecturer of human rights for Ministry of Justice.[3]
Publications edit
Selected articles edit
- 2015 International trend and human rights over child pornography:the future agenda of Japan
Information and Communications Policy Review No.10 March 2015
- 2012 A Review of Research which Discusses the Effects of Obscene Harmful Information from Old Media to the Internet The Japan Society of Information and Communication Research No.30 (2), 2012
- 2012 Regulations and Media Literacy Education on Online Obscene Harmful Information: A Japanese Perspective Keio Communication Review No.34, 2012
Books edit
- 2013 Media Literacy of Obscene Information among Youth in Japan (Amazon Services International, Inc.)
- 2010 When Children Expose Their Secrets Online: addicted to SNS (Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Tokyo)
- 2008 The Truth of Cyber bullying (Minerva Publishing, Inc., Kyoto)
- 2007 Media Literacy for Adults (Liberta Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo)
Awards edit
Mayuko Watanabe has received prestigious awards as a director of Radio documentary Suicide of 16 years old boy- What did the bereaved family fight against?
- 2000 Highest award from the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association [4]
- 2000 Award for excellence from the Hoso Bunka Foundation
References edit
- ^ "Japan struggles to deal with child suicides", Japan Today, December 31, 2010
- ^ Asahi Shimbun (2018-03-20). "慶大、渡辺真由子氏の博士学位取り消し 本人は「不服」：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ^ "Symposium on Internet and Human rights" Archived 2015-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, The Ministry of Justice, Japan, October 20, 2013
- ^ "NAB Awards 2000"
External links edit
- Mayuko Watanabe Official Website