The Society of Socio-Informatics Annual Conference Proceedings
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  • Kenji OSAWA
    Pages 2-6
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    The purpose of this paper is to explicate the relationship between machine translation and human translation. In this process, the significance of machine translation is treated in detail by using Benjamin's translation theory. In conclusion, it becomes clear that 1. machine translation has a coexistent or complementary relationship with human translation and 2. machine translation intensifies the possibility of the original.

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  • Airi YAMAMOTO, Kazuma OKAMOTO, Hibiki TAKAMOTO, Osamu SUDOH
    Pages 7-10
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    This paper attempts to explain the mechanisms by which human distrust to the judgement of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI systems are increasingly a part of modern life, and it is anticipated that AI systems will make more advanced judgments in the future. Whereas people can have doubts and distrust about the accuracy of the judgments made by emerging AI, compared to traditional human experts. We suspect that “mere exposure effect” (Zajonc, 1968) adopts also human and AI, and this paper studies how the effect involves the human distrust toward AI.

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  • Sho KASAI
    Pages 11-15
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    This paper examines Arata Isozaki's “Post University Pack” from a cybernetics perspective. In recent urban planning, Smart City initiatives that apply information technology to cities have become mainstream. However, this trend did not suddenly emerge due to technological advancements. The “Post-University Pack” reflects Isozaki's cybernetic thoughts alongside the application of information technology to urban environments.

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  • Yusaku SAKAI, Rena FURUKAWA, Shuntaro IWASAWA, Osamu SUDO
    Pages 16-21
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    In the midst of increasing AI-generated artworks, examining the societal role of art is crucial to determining the direction of the art industry in our digitally advancing era. This study aims to compare the appreciation of art between AI and human creators, and to elucidate the intrinsic value of art sought in the digital age. A survey of 116 Japanese participants examined factors that define "good paintings," attractiveness ratings of artworks, and responses to AI. Participants were instructed to rate the attractiveness of 10 paintings created with AI tools under human guidance. Of these 10 paintings, 5 were labeled as "AI-generated artworks," while the remaining 5 were labeled as "human-directed AI-generated artworks."The results highlighted that evaluations of AI art prioritize the quality of the artwork itself and its emotional impact, with minor differences influenced by labeling. While over two-thirds of respondents expressed interest in AI art with minimal resistance, many perceived a difference in value between artworks created by AI and those created by humans, correlating with a general reluctance to purchase AI-generated art. These findings underscore the potential for societal acceptance of AI art, along with persistent challenges in perceptions of its value and purchase intent.

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  • Yuya SHIBUYA, Tomoka NAKAZATO
    Pages 82-87
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    Online investment scams, which deceive individuals with non-existent or misleading investment opportunities, are causing significant financial losses globally. This study investigates the tactics employed by scammers in Japan, specifically through impersonation investment advertisements. By analyzing ads posted on Meta from March 21 to April 20, 2024, we identified 2,141 such ads within a single month, most of which directed users to the messaging app LINE. The repeated posting of similar ad content indicates that scammers persist in their activities despite the platform's efforts to remove these ads from the platform. This persistence highlights the need for more effective measures to combat online investment scams.

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  • Insights from a Multilevel Analysis of Survey-Experimental Research
    Atsuhi YAMANAKA
    Pages 88-94
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    This paper explores factors influencing the willingness to share political and social information, focusing on message characteristics, including moral content as per Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) and the perception of headlines as “Interestingness-If-True” (IIT). It also examines social-psychological tendencies towards information contact. Results indicate that headlines about fairness violations were positively associated with sharing willingness compared to neutral ones, though the effect was limited. The paper also analyzes IIT as a dependent variable, revealing the relevance of fairness violation headlines. This paper reports the main findings of these analyses.

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  • Hiroyuki FUJISHIRO
    Pages 95-98
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    This study examine the content verified by fact-checking organizations in Japan. Our results show that the number of fact-checks by each organization remained consistent throughout the year. Besides, X is most common platform on which information subject to fact-checking was disseminated. Additionally, we found that all of the organizations were fact-checking about the same middle media. Compared to that result, there are fewer checks targeting the media and politicians. Therefore, we can see that middle media is an important subject for fact-checking.

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  • Kenji YOSHIMI, Hiroyuki FUJISHIRO
    Pages 99-102
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    Recently, stealth marketing has become a serious social issue. The study involved focus group interviews with eleven students from two universities in the metropolitan area to investigate the subjective attitudes towards stealth marketing-related information dissemination. The results revealed divergent perceptions from the legal definitions of stealth marketing and identified unique countermeasures. Additionally, it was confirmed that disclosing the “PR” tag increases credibility. Such discrepancies between legal definitions and subjective perceptions of stealth marketing are crucial for effective countermeasures. They underscore the need for approaches that enhance mutual trust between information disseminators and recipients.

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  • Keisuke NAKAMURA, Mitsuyoshi MATSUNO
    Pages 125-129
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    In this paper, we aim to show clearly Lévy's concept of collective intelligence(l'intelligence collective). First, we argue the difference between human community and ant colony, to distinguish human collective intelligence from ant colony's collective intelligence. Second, we summarize Lévy's definition of collective intelligence by detailing four characters of this intelligence. Third, we consider the relationship between collective intelligence and personal intelligence to describe Lévy's key concept “reciprocal enfolding(l'enveloppement réciproque)”, and summarize this paper from perspective of this reciprocal enfolding.

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  • Chiaki SOGA, Kohsuke YAMAMOTO, Julien MENANT, Yannick DEPLAEDT
    Pages 130-134
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    In modern online society, communication appealing "empathy" and "emotions" has become mainstream, heralding the arrival of the "post-truth" era. Many people still disregard facts and accurate information, acting according to their emotions and beliefs. What measures can be taken against this trend? This discussion first highlights the limitations of rational judgment and then reconsiders what emotions truly are. Furthermore, by referencing Descartes' mind-body theory and Alain's philosophy, it explores methods to connect «émotions» to «passions» and «sentiments» and ultimately elevate them to reason. It examines a form of communication that does not deny emotions but rather sublimates them into reason.

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  • Shinichi MOTOMURA, Hiroki MOMONO, Kurumi HORI
    Pages 136-139
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    Typoglycemia is the phenomenon in which a sentence can be read even if it contains errors in the words. In the past, a Japanese-style confectionary store has used this phenomenon to create an advertisement. However, there is insufficient research on the typoglycemia phenomenon in Japan. In this paper, we report our research on the typoglycemia phenomenon and our future plans.

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  • Moyu LIU
    Pages 140-145
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    This study examines emotion norms and their formation mechanisms on public social media platforms. Analyzing responses from 857 Japanese participants, the results support the positivity bias but reveal nuanced differences among platforms and specific emotions. Both social media affordances and the modeling of others' expressions predicted these norms. Notably, modeling positive expressions had a greater effect when observing less intimate users, whereas modeling negative expressions was more impactful when observing intimate users. Additionally, the outcomes of modeling had a more significant effect on negative emotion norms.

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  • Before and After COVID-19
    Peipei ZHU, Tatsuhiro YAMAMOTO
    Pages 146-151
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    This paper aims to elucidate how Taiwan's Liberty Times (LT) and the China Times (CT) have reported on LGBTQ+ issues in Taiwan before and after the outbreak of COVID-19. The objective is to delineate differences in coverage before and after the pandemic, as well as between the two newspapers. Using a mixed analysis approach, significant differences were identified in part regarding the number of articles and frequent words in LT and CT. Pre- and Post-COVID-19, both newspapers continued to report from a multidimensional perspective encompassing legal, political, social, and cultural aspects, while also shifting focus towards international developments and specific thematic progressions. In terms of differences between the two newspapers, LT highlighted Taiwan's legal advancements and leadership in LGBTQ+ issues, while CT focused on international trends and cultural events.

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  • Yoshitaka ASADA
    Pages 152-156
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    This paper is a preliminary study to trace the history of representations of sex education in postwar Japanese society. The data for this paper consists of newspaper article databases from the Yomiuri and the Asahi Shimbun. This paper covers articles in which the concept of sex education appears, and clarifies the configuration of its representation through quantitative text analysis. In conclusion, sex education has shifted from issues of countries and populations to issues of human relationships and the body, but one of the central issue is sexual violence in 2010s, that is not necessarily consistent with the idea of comprehensive sex education. Sex education is still being discussed from the perspective of a “social problem”.

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  • Akane YAMAMOTO, Yuhiro MIZUNUMA
    Pages 157-162
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    Recently, local governments have increasingly used social media for public relations. This study analyzed over 200,000 YouTube videos posted by local Japanese governments using the text analysis tool KH Coder. The aim was to determine strategies for creating more effective content. By analyzing frequently occurring words in the titles of highly rated videos, the study found that videos with many likes frequently targeted railway users. Further analysis of frequently occurring words in comments on highly rated videos showed that even policy-related content could attract viewers from outside the local area.

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  • Duo XU
    Pages 163-168
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    This paper analyzes changes in the image of obesity in Chinese society and government policy intentions from 1946 to 2010 by examining reports in the People's Daily. The study reveals shifts in discourse across three periods. Initially, obesity was seen as a sign of wealth or a negative trait without medical recognition. Post-1979, with reform, obesity became a health issue. From 2003, with economic development, obesity reporting increased, driven by data and policy. Government intervention led to individualization and social bias against obesity, highlighting power dynamics between the state and citizens.

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  • -Long-term data observation for 215 countries and regions-
    Satoshi WASHIO, Shuhei EGUCHI, Akihiko SHINOZAKI
    Pages 244-249
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    The purpose of this study is to provide a quantitative and comprehensive understanding of global ICT diffusion trends. For 215 countries and regions from 1990 to 2020, we conducted the relationship between income and education levels and ICT diffusion, the Gini coefficient measurements, and the amount of ICT equipment. As a result, while the decline in the Gini coefficient for cell phone has slowed since 2010, the Gini coefficient for the Internet has continue to decline at an almost constant pace until 2020. In addition, the pace of cell phone growth has slowed, and cell phone penetration appears to be reaching maturity in many countries.

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  • Focusing on the Case Study of Ikebukuro Chinatown, Tokyo
    Le WANG
    Pages 250-253
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons behind the failure of the official recognition efforts of Ikebukuro Chinatown, focusing on the impact and role of media usage by Chinese residents and workers in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. This research investigates how digital media influences the lives of Chinese immigrants in Ikebukuro Chinatown, specifically examining the impact of their media utilization on the unsuccessful attempts at official recognition. This study, through qualitative methods such as surveys and interviews, highlights the crucial role of social media in establishing broad networks. These networks enhance ethnic entrepreneurship and increase cultural visibility, aiding in the dissolution of traditional community boundaries.

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  • Akio YOSHIDA
    Pages 255-258
    Published: September 14, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: January 22, 2025
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    Interviews were conducted with local people in the villages the North East part of India who lived through the Battle of Imphal in World War II. Many things were discussed, including the behavior of the Japanese troop, the existence of female soldiers, and the old religion of Karenoma, which have not been recorded yet.

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