Kenichi Ishii, Ph.D.
(石井 健一)

Professor
Faculty of Information and Communications
Bunkyo University
Namegaya 1100
Chigasaki, Kanagawa, 253-8550
Japan
Email: ishiiken@bunkyo.ac.jp
Phone: 81-467-53-2111
Website: http://open.shonan.bunkyo.ac.jp/~ishii/
Dec, 2020
Education
Ph.D. in Policy and Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 2000
M.A. in Sociology, University of Tokyo, 1984
B.A. in Literature, University of Tokyo, 1982
Academic Positions Held
Bunkyo University: Professor, 2019-present
University of Tsukuba: Associate Professor, 2004–2019
University of Tsukuba: Assistant Professor, 1990-2004
University of Tokyo: Research Instructor, 1987-1990
Research Area
Effects of communication technology
Policy for Information society
Socio-psychological study of consumer behavior
Trans-national cultural effects of communication
Courses Taught
Social survey methods
Information and Society
Marketing research methods
Consumer behavior
Representative Publications
Kenichi Ishii
2019 The influence of shopping on subjective well-being in China,Asia
Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, 31(1), 184-201 (with Shaowen Ni)
Kenichi Ishii
2017
Online communication with strong ties and subjective well-beingin Japan, Computers in Human Behavior, 66 pp129-137
Kenichi Ishii & Satoshi Watanabe. 2014. Nation brand personality and productevaluation among Japanese people: Implications for nation branding, Place Branding
and Public Diplomacy (Advance Online Publication), pp.1-14.

1Kenichi Ishii. 2013. Nationalism and preferences for domestic and foreign animation
programmes in China. International Communication Gazette, 75(2), pp.225-245.
Kenichi Ishii. 2011. Examining the Adverse Effects of Mobile Phone Use among
Japanese Adolescents. Keio Communication Review, 33, pp.69-83.
Kenichi Ishii. 2010. Mobile Internet Use in Japan. Media Asia, 36(4), pp.201-209.
Kenichi Ishii & Toshio Takeshita 2010. Corporate reputation and the news media inJapan. In Craig E.Carroll (Ed.) Agenda-setting within business news coverage indeveloped, emerging and frontier markets (pp. 129-141). New York: Routledge.
Kenichi Ishii. 2009. Nationalistic Sentiments of Chinese Consumers: The Effects andDeterminants of Animosity and Consumer Ethnocentrism. Journal of International
Consumer Marketing, 21(4), pp.299-308.
Kenichi Ishii. 2008.
Uses and Gratifications of Online Communities in Japan.
Observatorio, 2(3), pp.25-37.
Kenichi Ishii & Morihiro Ogasahara. 2007. Links between Real and Virtual Networks: A
Comparative Study of Online Communities in Japan and Korea. CyberPsychology &Behavior, 10(2), pp.252-257.
Kenichi Ishii. 2007. Social Consequences of Broadband Access in Japan, In Handbookof Research in Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission, Dwivedi Y.K.,
Papazafeiropoulou, A., and Choudrie, J. (Eds). IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA.
Kenichi Ishii & Morihiro Ogasahara. 2006. Japan: Mobile and Broadband--Two Emerging
Business Models in the World's Third Largest Broadband User. In Webcasting
Worldwide Business Models of an Emerging Global Medium edited by Louisa S. Ha& Richard J. Ganahl, III. (Chapter 17, pp.335-356.) Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum.
Kenichi Ishii. 2006. Implications of Mobility: The Uses of Personal Communication Mediain Everyday Life. Journal of Communication, 56(2), 346-365.
Kenichi Ishii & Chyi-In Wu. 2006. A comparative study of media cultures among
Taiwanese and Japanese youth. Telematics and Informatics, 23(2), 95-116.
Kenichi Ishii. 2004. Internet use via mobile phone in Japan, Telecommunications Policy,28(1), pp.43-58.
Kenichi Ishii. 2003. Diffusion, policy and use of broadband in Japan, Trends inCommunication, 11(1), pp.45-61.
Kenichi Ishii, Herng Su, and Satoshi Watanabe. 1999. Japanese and U.S. programs inTaiwan: new patterns in Taiwanese television, Journal of Broadcasting and ElectronicMedia, 43(3), pp.416-431.
Hirohisa Suzuki, Yoshiaki Hashimoto, and Kenichi Ishii. 1997. Measuring Information
Behavior: A time budget survey in Japan, Social Indicators Research, 42(2), pp.151169.
Kenichi Ishii. 1996. PHS: Revolutionizing personal communication in Japan,
Telecommunications Policy, 20(7), pp.497-506.
Kenichi Ishii. 1996. Is the U.S. over-reported in the Japanese press?: factors accountingfor international news in the Asahi, Gazette (The International Journal for Mass
Communication Studies), 57, pp.134-144.
Kenichi Ishii. 1996. Factors influencing the adoption of new information media inJapanese families, Media Asia, 23(1), pp.22-28.
Kenichi Ishii. 1991. Measuring mutual causation: effects of suicide news on suicides inJapan, Social Science Research, 20, pp.188-195.
Kenichi Ishii (Editor) 2008. Gurobaru ka ni okeru chugoku no media to sangyo(Chinese Media and Industry in the Global Era), Tokyo: Akashi-Syoten. (in Japanese).
Kenichi Ishii. 2004. Johoka no fukyuu katei (The Process of Informatization), Tokyo:
Gakubunsya. (in Japanese).
Kenichi Ishii (Editor) 2001. Higashi azia no Nihon taisyuu bunka (Japanese PopularCulture in East Asia), Tokyo: Sososya. (in Japanese).

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