Kumagai Seminar: Social Issues in the Information Age Society - A Comparative Perspective

1. Kumagai Seminar:Social Issues in the Information Age Society-A Comparative Perspective Fumie Kumagai, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Kyorin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan E-Mail: fkumagai@sfc.ne.jp URL: http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~n96287fk/ KSB: http://blog.livedoor.jp/fk_seminar/ KSB-Photo Album: http://ksb.cocolog-nifty.com/photos/ksb_photo/

2. OUTLINE Objectives-To Know & To Express Yourself Textbooks & References Multimedia Oral Presentations Using PowerPoint Writing Training in English & Japanese Retreats Schedule for Two Years What Is Expected of You? Interested in This Seminar? Experiential Seminar & Open Seminar

3. OBJECTIVES • To Know & To Express Yourself • To Understand the Information Age Society & Social Issues • To Learn to Debate on Controversial Social Issues • To Study US-Japan Comparative Analyses • To Familiarize Yourself with Multimedia • To Understand Analyses vs. Descriptions • To Ask WHY and to Think in English • To Foster Both Objectivity & Subjectivity • To Acquire Critical Writing Abilities in Japanese Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

4. ASK WHY IT IS SO? • Debates on Social Issues through Sociological Perspectives • A Comparative Perspective • Analysis vs. Description • Study Causal Relationships rather than take things for granted. • An Example: Poverty in the U.S.A.: Why so many? What are the causes? • http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

5. TEXTBOOKS & REFERENCES Textbooks: • Finsterburch & McKenna (eds.) 2006. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Social Issues, 14th ed., Dushkin/McGraw Hill, April 2006. http://www.dushkin.com/text-data/catalog/ 0073514969.mhtml?SECTION=OVERVIEW#over • Webster’s New World Pocket Dictionary, Macmillan. References: http://web.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~n96287fk/profile.html • Kumagai, 1996. Unmasking Japan Today, Praeger. • 熊谷文枝著『アメリカの家庭内暴力と虐待』2005. ミネルヴァ書房. • 熊谷文枝著『２１世紀アメリカの社会問題』2004. 勁草書房． • 熊谷文枝著『情報社会の未来』1999. ミネルヴァ書房. • 熊谷文枝(編) 『日本の家族と地域性』上･下 1997.ミネルヴァ書房. • 熊谷文枝著『日本的生産システムｲﾝUSA』1996. JETRO. Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

6. Taking Sides: Social Issues,14th ed., April 2006 (http://www.dushkin.com/text-data/catalog/ 0073514969.mhtml?SECTION=OVERVIEW#over) Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

7. MULTIMEDIA • Kumagai Seminar HP: http://web.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~n96287fk/KumagaiSeminar/KumagaiSeminar.html • Submit Assignments by E-mail • Search Web Sites on the Topic of Your Interest for Oral Presentations (Google; Yahoo; Goo, etc.) • PowerPoint Slideshow Presentations in English • KSB: Kumagai-Seminar-Blog: Communication among Kumagai Seminar Members http://blog.livedoor.jp/fk_seminar/ • KSB-Photo Album: http://ksb. cocolog-nifty.com/ photos/ksb_photo/ • Kyorin e-Learning Websites: http://www.kyorin-u.com/foreign/ Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

8. ORAL PRESENTATIONS • Controversial Social Issues in the Information Age Society • Presentations in English (60 mts) • Presentations Using PowerPoint Slideshow Presentation Tool • Foster Critical Thinking Abilities Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

9. ENGLISH • As Lingua Franca-an International Language • As a means of communication • To be able to express your own ideas clearly • Thinking in English • What you say (content) is far more important than the fluency in English itself. • Critical writing ability is essential of all the skills in English. Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

10. JAPANESE • Critique in Japanese • To foster and to express your critical ideas • To possess good understandings on Japan to well prepared for a member of global society Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

11. WRITING TRAINING IN ENGLISH & JAPANESE • Internet Society: ENGLISH & JAPANESE • ENGLISH as a Means of Communication • JAPANESE as Formation of Your Values • Train to Think in English • Summarize Articles in English • Write Thesis in English • Critique on Short Essays in JAPANESE→SUBMIT ASSIGNMENTS BY E-MAIL Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

12. Globalization and Cross-Cultural Communication • Samuel P. Huntington, 1997, The Clash of Civilization and Remaking of World Order. • Anthony Giddens, Runaway World:How Globalization is Reshaping Our Lives, BBC Reith Lectures 1999:http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/reith_99/default.htm • Global Culture Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

13. Globalization of Culture●Global Culture is NOT Equal to the 　 Universality of Culture●Globalization based on Cross-Cultural Communication●Suggests Remaking of World Order based on the Diversity of World Culture●Language ●Religion●Social Structure Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

14. RETREATS (GASSHUKU) • Spring Retreat (April) : Daigaku Seminar House in Hachioji: Orientation to the Seminar • Summer Retreat (August) : Hotaiji Zen Temple in Shizuoka - Zazen and Zen Culture Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

15. SCHEDULE FOR TWO YEARS • 2007:April: Spring Retreat • 2007:April-July: Taking Sides • 2007:September: Paper Outline Due • 2007:August: Summer Retreat • 2007:October-December: Japanese Critique, and Oral Presentations on American Issues • 2008: January: Junior-Year Paper Due (Hard Copy) • 2008: April-July: Social Issues in Japan • 2008: August: Thesis Outline Due • 2008: August: Fall Retreat • 2008: October-December: Oral Presentations on Japanese Issues • 2008: December: Draft of Thesis Due (Hard Copy) Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

16. WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU? • Active Participation • Be Positive & Responsible for Yourself • Logical Reasoning • Be Explicit and Expressive • Be On Time For Assignments • Group Activities and Team Work • ADC: Autonomous, Distributive, & Collaborative （自律･分散･協調） Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

17. INTERESTED IN THIS SEMINAR? • Challenging, Rewarding, and Accomplishment • All Will Be Admitted Provided You Are Willing to Try Hard • Learning Process is More Important Over the Consequence Itself • “About Myself” (Short Essay in English) Pick up the document from the Kyomuka, or Professor Kumagai at Rm. D-510 • Attend One of the Experiential Seminar and/or the OPEN SEMINAR → OPEN SEMINAR Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

18. OPEN SEMINAR • Debate on “Is Globalization Good for Mankind?” →YES /NO & WHY • Critique in Japanese Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

19. Experiential Seminar (ES) & OPEN SEMINAR (OS) ＊ ＊ ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ ＊ ＊ ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ 主旨：熊谷ゼミナール見学（ゼミナール生によるゼミナール のdemonstration）と熊谷ゼミナール生との質疑応答 です。お気軽にお立ち寄りください。 日時：ES とOSがありますが、時間と場所は同じです。 時間：（火）曜日、第4,5,6時限（2:40p.m.~7:00p.m.頃迄） 場所：Rm. E-311 ES: 2006年10月17日, 24日, 31日（火） OS: 2006年11月7日（火）（入ゼミ試験に該当します。 受験者は必ず出るようにして下さい。時間的に都合 が悪い場合は、事前に連絡をして下さい。） ＊ ＊ ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ ＊ ＊ ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society

20. WHY DON’T YOU JOIN THE KUMAGAI SEMINAR TO CHALLENGE & REMEMBER COLLEGE LIFE AT KYORIN! Kumagai Seminar-06: Social Issues in the Information Age Society