Digital Genealogies: Understanding Social Mobile Media LINE in the Role of Japanese Families:

Social Media + Society

Kana Ohashi¹ 

关键词: mobile media;    social media;    Japan;    families;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2056305117703815

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

This article explores the emergence of the dominant mobile social media platform in Japan, LINE. In particular, the article focuses upon its usage to maintain familial ties, especially between matriarchal connections. Drawing upon ethnographic work with 12 families over 3 years, this article seeks to provide a detailed and nuanced sense of how social mobile media is deployed intergenerationally.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC