Basic Information

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Miki TANIKAWA


Title

Head, Global Communication Practices, Graduate Program in Global Communication and Language Practices

Nationality

JAPAN

Research Fields, Keywords

International communication, Mass Communication, Journalism

E-Mail Address

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Profile

Miki Tanikawa (Ph.D.) is a long-time journalist turned media scholar. For two decades, he was a journalist with the New York Times and International Herald Tribune, and served as contributing editor at the Economist Intelligence Unit in Tokyo. At the New York Times, he served as a Tokyo-based business news-reporter and later a freelance feature writer (including for International New York Times) and produced nearly 700 bylined articles. He has also contributed regularly to US news magazines such as US News & World Report, BusinessWeek and TIME.

At Akita International University, he teaches journalism and international media, and heads the Global Communication Practices at the graduate school. One of his recent program initiatives at AIU include a graduate journalism class in which student-produced stories appear in professional news media such as the Japan Times and the Tokyo Weekender under a partnership arrangement. Nine such articles have been published in the Japan Times.

As a scholar, he investigates the workings of the journalistic routines that drive the content of the news media. His studies have appeared in such leading mass communication journals as Journalism Studies, International Journal of Communication, Journalism Practice and Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism.

In 2021-2022, he was on leave from AIU to obtain a law degree (LL.M) in the United States.

Research Field

International communication, Mass Communication, Journalism
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Academic Background (Graduate Level) 【 display / non-display 】

  • Harvard Law School, American law, media law

    Master's Course, 2022/05, Completed, UNITED STATES

  • University of Texas at Austin, Journalism and Mass Communication, International Communication & Mass Communication, Minor specialization in Media Law

    Doctor's Course, 2017/05, Completed, UNITED STATES

  • The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Graduate School, Division of International Studies, International law & Organizations

    Master's Course, 1995/11, Completed, UNITED STATES

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Professional Career On-Campus 【 display / non-display 】

  • Akita International University Graduate School of Global Communication and Language Global Communication Practices, Head, Global Communication Practices, Graduate Program in Global Communication and Language Practices , 2017/09 -

  • Akita International University Graduate School of Global Communication and Language Global Communication Practices, Professor, 2024/04 -

  • Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Global Connectivity Program, Associate Professor, 2021/04 - 2024/03

  • Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Basic Education Humanities,Art, Associate Professor, 2017/04 - 2021/03

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Field of Expertise 【 display / non-display 】

  • International Communication, Mass Communication, Journalism

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Academic Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • International Relations Schools Must Teach Freedom of Information Courses, Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, 2024/03, Miki Tanikawa

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, English

  • Do journalists cater to audience’s social identity? Assessing the alignment of news content with readers’ national identity orientations, under minor revision, International communication Gazette (p.1 - 17) , 2022/12, Miki Tanikawa

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, English

  • Explicating the enigma through the cultural lens: The media stereotyping as a “ritual”., International Journal of Communication, vol.16 (0) (p.2015 - 2037) , 2022/04, Miki Tanikawa

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, English

  • Stereotyping by historicizing: The Journalistic technique of locating foreign societies in the past, Journalism：Theory, Practice & Criticism, vol.21 (9) (p.2437 - 2453) , 2021/09, Miki Tanikawa

    DOI:10.1177/1464884919870323, Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, English

  • Is journalism going global?: Finding answers in quantitative studies employing the concepts of the ‘culture peg’ and the ‘culture link.’ Special 2019 Issue: Journalism Research in Practice: Scholarly Inquiry for Journalists , Journalism Practice, vol.13 (8) (p.922 - 926) , 2019/10, Miki Tanikawa

    DOI:10.1080/17512786.2019.1647114, Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, English

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Books 【 display / non-display 】

  • ’The global, the foreign and the domestic' - Was there a “global turn” in journalism in the early 21st century? In E. Bielsa (Ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Media, In press. , Routledge Taylor & Francis , 2021, Miki Tanikawa

    Scholarly Book, Single Author, English

  • Is journalism going global?: Finding answers in quantitative studies employing the concepts of the ‘culture peg’ and the ‘culture link.’ n (Eds.) Gutsche, Jr., R. E. & Brennen, B. Journalism research in practice: Perspectives on change, challenges, and solutions. Routledge. , Routledge Taylor & Francis , 2020/07, Miki Tanikawa

    Scholarly Book, Single Author, English

  • Introduction to news and journalistic vocabulary - Politics & Economics, Alc Press, 2018/06, Miki Tanikawa

    Dictionary/Encyclopedia, Single Author, Japanese

  • Introduction to news and journalistic vocabulary - Science & Society , Alc Press, 2018/06, Miki Tanikawa

    Scholarly Book, Single Author, Japanese

  • Introduction to news and journalistic vocabulary, Alc Press, 2007/09, Miki Tanikawa

    Dictionary/Encyclopedia, Single Author, Japanese

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Other Research Activities 【 display / non-display 】

  • Tanikawa, M. (2019). A Royal Abdication Is a Cultural Moment in Japan. US News & World Report, April 29. , 2019/04

    Other

  • Tanikawa, M. (2019). Japan Woes New Faces from the Outside. US News & World Report, January 23. , 2019/01

    Other

  • Tanikawa, M. (2017) Japan's Teflon Premier. US News & World Report, June 1 , 2017/06

    Other

  • Tanikawa, M. (2016). In Japan, Sweets Take On an Artistic Role. The New York Times, December 7. , 2016/12

    Other

  • Tanikawa, M. (2016). Japan's Monster Tourism Boom. US News & World Report, March 4, 2016/03

    Other

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On-Campus Classes/Subjects In Charge of 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2024, Fall, GCP649-1_F, Scholarly Research and Paper

  • 2024, Fall, GCP645-1_F, Design of Graduation Project

  • 2024, Fall, GCP650-1_F, Global Communication Practicum

  • 2024, Fall, GCP643-1_F, Introduction to International Journalism

  • 2024, Fall, JAS367-1_F, A Modern History of Culture, Media and Language in Japan

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