September 23, 2026
09-23-2026 Mizuko (Mimi) Ito, was quoted on Inc.com, A Researcher Who Studies Teens and Tech Explains Why Social Media Bans Backfire (And What We Should Do Instead) by Jessica Stillman.…
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September 22, 2026
09-22-2026 Mizuko (Mimi) Ito was quoted in New York Times / Wirecutter, "Setting Digital Boundaries With Kids at Any Age" by Christine Cyr Clisset, Abigail Keel, Signe Brewster, and Ellen Lee.…
August 19, 2026
08-19-2026 Mimi Ito and Gillian Hayes were interviewed for CBS News Los Angeles, "AI and kids: Rethinking screen time"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54R23B-Yajc…
August 18, 2026
08-18-2026 Mimi Ito was quoted in NY Times Wirecutter, "A Step-by-Step Tech Guide for Parents Who Live in the Real World" by Signe Brewster and Ellen Lee.…
August 04, 2026
08-04-2026 Mimi Ito was quoted in USA Today, "Is tech helping or hurting? California school districts take action" by Paris Barraza. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/california/2026/08/04/screen-ti…
July 18, 2026
07-18-2026 Katie Salen Tekinbaş, Mizuko (Mimi) Ito, and Gillian Hayes were featured in OC Register, "Should parents shield their kids from technology? Yes and no, experts say" by Charlie Borla. https:…
March 25, 2026
Mimi Ito was interviewed for LA Times, Daily Pilot opinion column, March 25. "Apodaca: Communication is key to navigating next-wave technology."…
February 26, 2026
Mimi Ito was quoted in The Economist, "Thirty years on, Pokémon is still a monster hit"
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January 09, 2026
Mimi Ito joins Mitch Resnick to discuss the interest-driven, equity-oriented approach of Connected Learning -- and how Connected Learning can provide a framework for thinking about the role of new AI …
December 09, 2025
12-09-2025 Mizuko Ito was quoted in NY Times, "How Art is Driving Waymo's Feel-Good Branding" by . https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/arts/design/waymo-cars-artists.html…
June 04, 2025
Breger, Michael. 2025. "The Global Influence of Japanese Content: Creativity, Innovation, and Cross-Cultural Exchange." Featured in news item for the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center…
July 17, 2024
Featured on Sing for Science Podcast episode "Denzel Curry and Dr. Mimi Ito on Anime Culture," produced by Talkhouse, July 17, 2024.…
June 14, 2024
AI is quickly becoming a regular part of children's lives. What happens next?
Quoted in this article in The Atlantic.
"Ito noted one thing that feels distinct from previous moments of technologi…
April 01, 2024
Cultural anthropologist Mizuko "Mimi" Ito credits her chosen field to her youth spent toggling between the cultures of her native Japan and the United States, where she completed her education at Harv…
February 26, 2023
Featured speaker and guest, in Japanese, "Internet and Education: Online Learning Can Support Connections that Foster Curiosity."…
November 15, 2021
Featured in article on CNN by Elissa Strauss, "Meet the teens making the digital world a kinder and gentler place".…
April 06, 2021
Featured on episode 3 of the Remaking Tomorrow podcast with Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski, from Remake Learning.
S1 Ep3: Mimi Ito, Connected Learning Lab…
March 03, 2021
Featured on episode 88 of the No Such Thing Podcast.…
November 24, 2020
Featured in article on Bloomberg CityLab by Alexandra Lange, "Where the Teens Are Hanging Out in Quarantine."…
August 06, 2019
Featured on Aug 6, 2019 episode of NPR podcast All Things Considered: "In The Age Of Smartphones, Parents Are Encouraged To Be Media Mentors, Not Gatekeepers".…
October 08, 2018
Podcast for Edsurge On Air with Tina Nazerian:
Imagine you’re an elementary school student. Your teacher has told your class to watch several streaming videos for a class project. You might want to w…
April 12, 2018
Steven Johnson, reporting for the Atlantic on concerns over online child privacy:
“There’s huge incentives for [kids] and families to lie about age”—as in, confirming that kids are 13 or older when t…
January 22, 2018
Christopher Mims in the Wall Street Journal writes:
Parents can offer “extraordinary learning” experiences that weren’t possible before such technology came along, says Mimi Ito, director of the Conn…
April 14, 2016
Quoted in feature article for the New York Times Magazine by Clive Thompson. [link]…
August 13, 2013
Bilton, Nick. 2013. “Disruptions: Texting Your Feelings, Symbol by Symbol.” Quoted in The New York Times, August 18.
Quoted in article for the New York Times about emoji.
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