Daniel Tam-Claiborne ‘09

“Democracy Inaction: Problematizing New Media and the Internet in Contemporary China and Japan”

Daniel Tam-Claiborne’s capstone project was one of two research papers that won the 2009 Shansi Prize. Daniel’s paper defined the roles of contemporary media in China and Japan as an essential component of understanding each countries’ social and political realms. He critically analyzed the ways in which China and Japan’s media outlets play very distinct and different roles in society and abroad. He was nominated by Professor Qiusha Ma.