2024 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Humanities and social science courses
Essence of Humanities and Social Sciences25:Media Psychology 2
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Seiki Iwao
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Wed
- Class
- 2
- Course Code
- LAH.S503
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Media psychology reveals how we are collaborating with using the media in everyday life by qualitative methods.
In the qualitative method, researchers participate in the community and interact with members, to clarify the feature of practice. Psychology has been an increasing number of qualitative studies since the 1990s. These studies began as a study about the workplace, but also began the study about more familiar fan community in the 2000s.
The purpose of this lecture is to derive own opinions and solutions about everyday life activities with practical knowledge and methods.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
Acquiring practical methods to explain and to analyze about the everyday life activities with artifacts in any communities.
Keywords
media, psychology, qualitative methods, practice
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This lecture proceeds with group discussion. I will provide the theme every time and consider about it.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction | |
| Class 2 | Features of the practices in workplaces | Understand the features of the practices in workplaces |
| Class 3 | Features of the practices in fan communities | Understand the features of the practices in fan communities |
| Class 4 | Features of live performances of J-POP idols (1) | Discussion about the features of live performances of idols |
| Class 5 | Features of live performances of J-POP idols (2) | Discussion about the features of live performances of idols |
| Class 6 | Features of the practices of Otaku communities | Discussion about the culture of Otaku communities |
| Class 7 | Discussion to study the case | Practice to explain features of live performances of some groups |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
-
Reference books, course materials, etc.
-
Evaluation methods and criteria
Small reports (6 times, each 10%) and the final report (40%)
Related courses
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Prerequisites
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Other
This course is 500-level course.
Tokyo Tech’s “wedge-shaped style education” enables students to pursue liberal arts education in a phased manner throughout undergraduate and graduate programs.
Students are encouraged to take 100-level to 600-level courses in order. As such, master’s students must begin Humanities and Social Science courses at the 400 level (in 1Q/2Q of the first year for those entering in April, and 3Q/4Q for those entering in September), then proceed to 500-level courses (in 3Q/4Q or later for those entering in April, and 1Q/2Q of the following year or later for those entering in September).