{"id":1761,"date":"2019-08-21T22:38:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T13:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/?p=1761"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:48:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T00:48:26","slug":"mitomo-hitoshi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/faculty-en\/1761","title":{"rendered":"Hitoshi MITOMO"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Position: <\/strong>Professor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Degree:<\/strong><br \/>\nPh.D. (Engineering), Toyohashi University of Technology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Background:<\/strong>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Associate Professor and Professor, Senshu University (1992-2000)<\/div>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Professor, Graduate School of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies, Waseda University (2000-2009)<\/div>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Visiting Professor, Stockholm School of Economics (2007)<\/div>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studie, Waseda University (2009-present)<\/div>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Visiting Professor, Aalto University, Finland (2018)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Field of Specialization<\/h3>\n<p>ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and Media Studies, Digital Society<\/p>\n<h3>Research Theme<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Socio-economics of social infrastructure centered on information and communication services and their impact analysis on the social environment,\u00a0ICT utilization policies to solve social problems,\u00a0Social experiments of ICT applications and the measurement of their effects,\u00a0Media policy studies<\/p>\n<h3>Major Works \/ Publications \/ Awards<\/h3>\n<h4>Major Works \/ Publications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Hitoshi Mitomo ed., (2020), Telecommunications Policy of Japan, Springer, 287 pages<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Hitoshi Mitomo and Mikio Kimura eds. (2022), Broadcasting in Japan: Challenges and Opportunities, Springer, 289 pages<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Hitoshi Mitomo ed. (2019), Big Disasters and Information\/Media, Keiso Shobo (in Japanese)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Awards<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Minister\u2019s Award, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, 2012<\/li>\n<li>Achievement Award, the Council for Info-Communications Promotion Month, 2009<\/li>\n<li>Distinguished Paper Award, the Japan Section of Regional Science Association International, 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Academic Societies \/ Service to Society<\/h3>\n<h4>Academic Societies<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The Japan Society of Information and Communication Research (President)<\/li>\n<li>International Telecommunications Society (Executive Board Member)<\/li>\n<li>The Japan Section of Regional Science Association International (Board Member)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Service to Society<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">A member of Telecommunications Council, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Chair, Telecommunications Business Committee, Information and Communications and Posts Administrative Council, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research Project<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>MA: ICT and Media Studies *Not Available for prospective applicants.<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D.: ICT and Media Studies *Not Available for prospective applicants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research Theme, Outline of Project Research Seminar, Message to Prospects<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ewa-rteLine\">This project is oriented to gain a deep insight into the utilization of ICT in civic life and business, and to investigate policies for supporting it. It will focus on two major areas: the economic analysis of information and telecommunications; and the effects of information technology on economies, society and people\u2019s lives. Policies are considered as the application of economic ideas to promote further utilization of ICT. Students involved in the course have come from the human and social sciences and the engineering and natural sciences. Working students are also welcome. Students are expected to contribute to society as indispensable human resources in developed and developing countries by utilizing ICT to solve social problems.<\/p>\n<h3>Course List<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/w-rdb.waseda.jp\/html\/100000205_en.html#item_syllabus_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Course List<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Web Page \/ Researcher DB<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/w-rdb.waseda.jp\/html\/100000205_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waseda University Researchers Database<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Faculty Spotlights<\/h3>\n<h5>\u203bPlease click the thumbnail below to view the detailed version (PDF) or the interview video.<\/h5>\n<div class=\"table-wrapper\"><table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 66.3795%; height: 283px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 39px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.4909%; height: 39px;\">\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25c6Digital Book<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.5076%; height: 39px;\">\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25c6Interview Video<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 244px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.4909%; height: 244px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/12\/english_facultyspotlights_vol2_in.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/08\/40f60163c564291c77108933d242fd01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 29.5076%; height: 244px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AulJHs5nsBY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/01\/d5ca2ea37aedbf5ac30cfbc3b649275a-610x458.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/01\/d5ca2ea37aedbf5ac30cfbc3b649275a-610x458.png 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/01\/d5ca2ea37aedbf5ac30cfbc3b649275a-940x705.png 940w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/01\/d5ca2ea37aedbf5ac30cfbc3b649275a-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/01\/d5ca2ea37aedbf5ac30cfbc3b649275a-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/01\/d5ca2ea37aedbf5ac30cfbc3b649275a-720x540.png 720w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/01\/d5ca2ea37aedbf5ac30cfbc3b649275a.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"\/fire\/gsaps\/en\/about\/faculty\">Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u203b3<br \/>Professor<br \/>ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and Media Studies, Digital Society<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1761"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16311,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761\/revisions\/16311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}