Local Culture/Global Space: Japanese Minority Sexualities and the Internet

地方文化/全球空间：日本少数民族性行为与互联网。在英语（43%）之后，日语（9%）是互联网上使用最多的语言。没有研究涉及使用日语影响互联网交流的具体方式，也没有研究涉及少数群体和个人如何使用互联网。该项目将调查日本少数性取向者使用互联网的情况，以确定社会“主流”之外的个人和社区如何与这项新技术互动。这个项目将有助于我们理解互联网，一个被认为是全球性的媒介，如何也促进了非常地方性的亚文化的出现。该项目将产生一系列会议报告、期刊论文和一本书。

Local Culture/Global Space: Japanese Minority Sexualities and the Internet. After English (43%), Japanese (9%)is the most used language on the Internet. No study has addressed the specific ways in which Japanese language use affects Internet communication or how the Internet is being used by minoritised groups and individuals. The project will examine Internet use by minority sexualities in Japan in order to ascertain how individuals and communities who fall outside the 'mainstream' of society interact with this new technology. The project will contribute to our understanding of how the Internet, a supposedly global medium, also facilitates the emergence of very local subcultures. The project will result in a series of conference presentations, journal papers and a book.